1.… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists that perform under the name Vacations:
1. An indie-rock group based in Newcastle, Australia. Comprised of Campbell Burns, Jake Johnson, Nate Delizzotti and Joseph Van Lier. The pleasant sounds of the four piece have earned them love at home and across the sea. Their music could be faithfully summarised as vibes, fitting somewhere in the shoeboxes of indie rock and glistening psych-pop. Their latest release (appropriately titled Vibes) features the tuneful croons of the singer Campbell Burns between shining, chorus-heavy guitars, bobbing bass and brushy jazz-rock drumming (worth a listen for fans of Morrissey and/or Mac Demarco). The band have just released a single that is the first taste of an album to come in 2018.
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2. Members from Chin Up Chin Up formed a new band
Vacations was conceived while Bobby, Greg & Jeremy were wandering around Europe somewhere, on tour with their old band Chin Up Chin Up. They decided it’d be fun to try to start a new band without any guitar. The group they came up with is damn near the realization of that dream. They’re not completely devoid of or anti-guitar, but it certainly isn’t the heart of the matter anymore like it’s been for most of their musical lives. Ukulele, kalimba and karimba (those are both types of African thumb pianos – I just found that out from Wikipedia, too, it’s okay) are the sonic bread and butter for a band that has no real place on the map globally.
In all honesty, Vacations is the sound of three guys making music who just don’t give a fuck anymore, and I mean that in the best of all possible ways. These three have spent years busting their asses trying to make it in music with their old bands (Chin Up, Make Believe, White Savage, Love of Everything, Hertzsprung Gap…) and making it just got old. Let’s face it. If it didn’t get old, they’d get pathetic. But letting go and quitting are two very different things. Vacations started as a way for the members to make music for themselves and leave the rat race (yes, I said it – the rat race of indie music. Trust me. It exists.) behind. They’ve brought back the whole reason they started making music in the first place: to make fun for themselves, their friends and hopefully their friends’ friends all over the place. It’s good-natured, revelry-inspiring, bizarro camaraderie in song.
You can feel it from the first warm and plaintive notes of “I Was Bikini.” It’s something that instantly feels nostalgic and wistful for a good time you can’t even remember having anymore, but you’re pretty sure is still lingering in your bones or your blood-stream somewhere. It’s a feeling found in most of Vacations’ songs, propelled by familiar melodies made out of seemingly unidentifiable timbres and a winded heartbeat of rhythms. And when Jeremy and Chicago’s favorite chanteuse Jeanine O’Toole (of the 1900s) tell you that they’ll “see you on the other side,” you’re so wrapped up by the song that you don’t even question it.
Vacations make a sound that, amidst all the buzzwords and hype-machines, serves to remind you that music is the ultimate meme. It is what you make it and how you choose to let people hear it. So staying true to what it once inherently meant to be an independent band, Vacations decided to forego what is now the obvious band routine. The pattern of “make an album, make someone put it out and make it sell” is not for them. They’ve retreated to the DIY-roots that abound in the songs they’re creating, but haven’t left the present tense behind. They brought it all back home.
Their debut album is being released on Bobby’s own label, Record Label, instead of searching, shaking hands and hoping someone else will call it theirs. Yeah, I know. Nothing new. Greg Ginn and Ian MacKaye did it thirty years ago. That doesn’t make it any less admirable, though, especially in today’s oversaturated and over-funded transparency of a music scene. The real crazy and inspiring thing is, that their maiden voyage, I Was Bikini / But Rain Afraid, isn’t even really an album by any stretch of the contemporary terms.
Like I was saying earlier, I Was Bikini / But Rain Afraid is living in the present. An analog/digital choose-your-own adventure if you will. The vinyl enthusiasts can get their fix via the I Was Bikini 7”, a format that our economy’s coming dangerously close to making extinct despite the general vinyl renaissance. Yet, the best part is if you want the tangible, the time constraints of the disc don’t come into play anymore. Not only does the 7” come with a code to download the five songs on the record, but it also unlocks the album’s other eight songs housed on But Rain Afraid. Vacations aren’t vinyl elitists, though, nor are they classists. The whole of the album, all thirteen songs, will be made available from the band’s own web home for a pay-what-you-want-just-pay-something price. I know this is a lot to digest, but honestly, what could be better? You get to decide what Vacations’ music is worth to you and what it looks like. No questions asked.
In the end, this is open-endedness enables what the guys in Vacations really want. They want to engage you. They want you to listen to the story they’re spinning in notes and words. They want to make you part of the music they’re making and the fun they’re having. They’re getting back to the roots they never knew and they want to meet you somewhere in the middle of the expanse for the hang of a lifetime. - Jesse Woghin
3. "Vacations is the solo endeavor of Fungi Girls’ frontman, Jacob Bruce. Vacations strays far away from Fungi’s 60’s psych and surf roots, and creates a dreamy piece of breezy pop, sounding like a more serene version of Real Estate"
Relax
VACATIONS Lyrics
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Over nothing real
So tell me what it's about
Tell me what you feel
Relax
Take it easy
Lie down next to me
You have the time you need
There will be tomorrow
So don't believe what you read
'Cause everything will follow
Relax
Take it easy
Lie down next to me
Forget your worries
The lyrics to "Relax" by VACATIONS are all about letting go of stress and anxiety to live in the present moment. The song emphasizes how we often stress ourselves over things that aren't actually "real," and encourages listeners to embrace relaxation as a way to feel better. With lines like "Tell me what it's about/Tell me what you feel," the songwriter is urging us to open up and share what's weighing on our minds. By doing so, we can connect with others and release some of our worries.
The chorus of the song, "Relax/Take it easy/Lie down next to me/Forget your worries" is incredibly simple, but also powerful. It's an invitation to slow down, tune out the noise, and enjoy the present moment. The verses elaborate on this idea further, suggesting that we have all the time we need and that tomorrow is a new day. By letting go of our stress and anxiety, we can feel more at peace with where we are in life.
Overall, "Relax" is a song that encourages listeners to slow down and take care of themselves. It reminds us that stress and anxiety are often self-created and that we have the power to let them go. The chorus is memorable and easy to sing along to, making it perfect for anyone who needs a reminder to relax.
Line by Line Meaning
We're stressing out
We are anxious and worried
Over nothing real
We are concerned about things that are not actually happening or significant
So tell me what it's about
Can you explain to me the reason for your stress?
Tell me what you feel
Can you express your emotions to me?
Relax
Take a break and calm down
Take it easy
Don't put too much pressure on yourself
Lie down next to me
Come and rest beside me
Forget your worries
Stop thinking about your problems
You have the time you need
You have plenty of time to accomplish what you need
There will be tomorrow
You have future opportunities to resolve issues
So don't believe what you read
Don't be too affected by the negative news or influences around you
'Cause everything will fall
Everything will eventually work out or come to an end
Relax
Take a break and calm down
Take it easy
Don't put too much pressure on yourself
Lie down next to me
Come and rest beside me
Forget your worries
Stop thinking about your problems
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Campbell James Burns
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Amakusa Shogo
We're stressing out, over nothing real
So tell me what it's about, tell me what you feel
Relax... take it easy, lie down next to me
Forget your worries
You have the time you need, there will be tomorrow
So don't believe what you read, cause everything will follow
Relax... take it easy, lie down next to me
Forget your worries
Sam Warren
This song singlehandedly changed my entire taste in music and probably my life
Daniel Flores1996
Me too and also Mac Demarco
Omars58
100
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i was changed completely smth like a year ago by telephones and relax. I still cry whenever I listen to them
Samuel Gálvez
Encontré a esta banda por accidente y fue uno de los mejores accidentes de mi vida
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