Vacations

Vacations’ fourth album finds the Newcastle indie rock quartet reaching new peaks and charting exciting new territory for themselves in the process. The follow-up to 2024’s sensational No Place Like Home adds new levels of warmth and texture to the group’s sound, drawing from the ornate chamber-pop of Weyes Blood as well as Beach Fossils’ gorgeously fuzzy rock style for inspiration. More than a decade into their career, Vacations’ sound continues to grow and mature, and Pursuit of Anything reflects the junctures the group have reached in their personal lives as well as the tightening bond that they’ve developed thus far in their incredible career. Pursuit of Anything arrives after extensive touring that followed No Place Like Home—a rigorous and wide-reaching schedule that included performances at Kilby Block Party and London Calling, as well as their own MATES festival (headlined by Vacations and featuring bands from Australia, the UK, and the U.S. curated by Vacations) in Los Angeles and late-night performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “It got to a point where we needed to take a step back and look at our own lives,” bandleader Campbell Burns reflects. Indeed, as Vacations enjoyed a much-needed respite, life kept moving: Burns moved to L.A.