Limited pink colored vinyl LP pressing. Torchbearers
for British guitar music, The Vaccines are back with their sixth studio
album Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations. The title comes from a misheard
lyric from Don McClean's "American Pie," a song that for Young fittingly
evokes the death of innocence and the American Dream. After he moved to
Los Angeles - a city the band has grown up being captivated by - he was
forced to wrestle with the disillusionment that comes when
expectations, dreams, and reality don't quite meet. Yet, though Pick-Up
Full of Pink Carnations is an album about reconciling with loss, it's
also filled with gratitude for the people and places we once loved.
Produced by Andrew Wells (Halsey, Phoebe Bridgers) with Mixing from Dave
Fridmann (Tame Impala, The Flaming Lips), Pick-Up Full of Pink
Carnations is an immediately anthemic addition to the band's
discography. With a mammoth five UK Top 5 albums - including a Number 1
with 2012's Come of Age - and a fierce live reputation forged through
arena-filling headline shows and unforgettable slots at Glastonbury and
Reading/Leeds, The Vaccines continue to be a vital band in the British
rock canon.