‘…Come Of Age’, then, is not perfect, but it’s a damn fine specimen of a band on the way to something great.
While the album keeps their Ramones-on-depressants brand of post-punk mostly intact, the band has come to understand their misery much better.
The important fact is, Come of Age leaves you intrigued by that prospect while keeping you satisfied in the moment.
There's no dramatic left turn on ...Come Of Age as some people are not shutting up about, but for the most part its a definite development.
It offers a brief, indulgent and semi-trite mental vacation, which isn’t so uncommon for second efforts and nice in its own way.
It won’t blow your socks off, but it’s easy to listen to and a lot of fun.
Across Come Of Age The Vaccines just bluntly rehash the same points by using bland generalities with little of the storytelling prowess or wittiness of the bands they’re trying so hard to ape.
There's absolutely nothing the Vaccines do that hasn't been approved, market-tested, and confirmed over the past 30 years of British rock that warily views any encroachment of electronic music, hip-hop-- basically anything not evolving from the Jam-- as a threat.
Strong first half. Weak second half. Overall I don’t mind it. Yes it’s kinda generic, but at least it’s the enjoyable generic and the songs don’t all sound the EXACT same
Awful
The Vaccines forget to use their strengths to their advantage and make a poppier effort in "Come of Age", which actually feels like the most uncharacteristic thing to do for them. Not only do the songs sound like the most generic kind of Indie Rock, but the vocals also sound like a discount Adam Levine singing about nothing that's even remotely engaging.
If you're going to make an album where you literally don't take any of your strengths into account, what are you expecting? ... read more
Edit: Ok a few of the other songs grew on me. 67 to 75
Errrr
The Vaccines' second album is good but it just feels so off... A lot of it feels like it was written for the first album except in this one they decided no more being showered with a wall of sound featuring reverbed guitars and vocals, so it just feels like a weird alternate reality version of them and I hated it a lot at first. But I've since thought about it and it actually kind of makes sense for them to go in this direction ... read more
1 | No Hope 4:10 | 76 |
2 | I Always Knew 3:34 | 78 |
3 | Teenage Icon 3:05 | 76 |
4 | All In Vain 3:52 | 67 |
5 | Ghost Town 2:21 | 69 |
6 | Aftershave Ocean 4:10 | 71 |
7 | Weirdo 4:47 | 67 |
8 | Bad Mood 3:06 | 70 |
9 | Change Of Heart Pt. 2 2:16 | 66 |
10 | I Wish I Was A Girl 2:52 | 66 |
11 | Lonely World 5:02 | 66 |