Combat Sports
The Vaccines find a familiar groove on the exuberant Combat Sports, while The Voidz are painfully misguided on the parody-ready Virtue, and, by contrast, Jean Grae & Quelle Chris’ Everything’s Fine crackles with fury and frustration. These, plus Czarface & MF Doom and Frankie Cosmos in this week’s notable new releases.
The Vaccines return with fine fourth album that sees them return to their roots.
On their fourth album, The Vaccines return battle-scarred but buoyant. Read the NME review of 'Combat Sports'
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Certainly, there is a power in knowing what you do best and doing it well. That is the Vaccines' angle on their fourth album, Combat Sports
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