The Vaccines: The Vaccines Come of Age – review

(Columbia)The second album from London four-piece the Vaccines starts off promisingly enough, the infectious No Hope recalling the Libertines jangle of If You Wanna from last year's over-hyped debut, with the twist that frontman Justin Young appears to have incorporated an unexpected Bob Dylan twang into his delivery. But from then on there is precious little to set them apart from the retro-indie pack. Aftershave Ocean nods to midtempo, chugging Ash; I Always Knew is a breezily unmemorable stud...

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