The Vaccines are feeling mellow

Last time we heard from The Vaccines, young Justin was in a right old strop. "I get angrier with age," he snarled on the searing Bad Mood - sounding every bit as taciturn as Andy Murray looks when he's doing his special frowny face.

So what's going on with the band's new single? Because Melody Calling is a washed-out, windswept California dream. Justin sounds like he's on mood stabilisers, singing sotto voce about... well, I'm not quite sure what, but he rhymes ocean with motion, so it's probably best not to delve too deeply.

A cross between The Smiths and REM, by way of The Eagles, this is sure to sound perfect on the Pyramid stage this Friday, where The Vaccines are sandwiched between Professor Green and Dizzee Rascal, for some reason.

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