ALBUM REVIEW: THE VAMPS - WAKE UP 

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The Vamps released shitloads of singles off their debut album Meet The Vamps so it\'s safe to say that, when they went away for a bit to tour the world and work on the follow-up, we missed \'em a bit. But now Bradley, Tristan, Connor and James are back with Wake Up and we\'re well excited to get our lugholes round it. 

Can the boys still make tunes as catchy as \'Can We Dance\'? Anything on there and WONDERFUL as \'Wild Heart\'? Do any of \'em have longevity like \'Last Night\'? Let\'s find out.

We\'re not gonna lie, Wake Up\'s pretty far removed from Meet The Vamps in some ways. At its heart are those earworm hooks and guitars we\'ve come to expect from the lads, but this time round things are more experimental. More electronic. Just generally more mature and confident, really.

All these synths aren\'t a total surprise since the first single off of the album - \'Wake Up,\' duh - had that punchy MGMT kinda vibe, and it\'s a sound that properly comes to life across the album. While their debut was more acoustic, folky and guitar-led, Wake Up sees \'em hit the pedal and kick things up a gear. There\'s even rapping. Actual RAPPING.

Not from Connor as Davey Jones, unfortunately. That\'s one of our only complaints.

Current single \'Rest Your Love\' is our obsession rn, but to be fair this one\'s crammed full of potential smashes. \'Volcano\' featuring Silentó​ (y\'know, the chap who did \'Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)\' is a MASSIVE BOP, \'Stolen Moments\' is a bit of a banger-ballad that sort of makes \'Shout About It\' sound like a timid kitten in comparison and \'Windmills\' is catchy af. Never has a renewable energy source been so in vogue tbh.

Elsewhere you\'ve got tunes like \'Boy Without a Car\', which sort of sounds a bit old school Busted, and \'Be With You\'; a track that\'ll sound bloody awesome on tour and has the SNAZZIEST of synths all over the shop.

To use the age-old cliché, there\'s SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE on here. There aren\'t many chilled moments, but \'Million Words\' is perfect for those lazy Sundays you\'re sat scrolling Tumblr all afternoon. Heading out the get crunk (sorry)? Oh go on, whack on \'I Found a Girl\' and turn that shit up, honey.

We\'re not gonna lie, Wake Up might take a bit of getting used to and wasn\'t as instant as their debut for us, but that ain\'t necessarily a bad thing. \'Cos the production\'s loads more intricate and experimental this time round we reckon there are gonna be new things we find to fall in love with on each track for a while. It\'s all just a bit...bigger and we reckon it\'s gonna properly come to live on tour. GAH WE CAN\'T WAIT IT\'S GONNA BE AWESOME WE LOVE THE VAMPS ETC. ETC.

Wake Up is out now so go download/stream/generally listen to it in a legal capacity, yeah?

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