The Vaccines

Infectious London-based indie rock band - Vaccines established around the talents of Justin Young (vocals, guitar), Árni Arnason (bass), Freddie Cowan (guitar), and Pete Robertson (drums) in the late 2000s. After Robertson's departure in 2016, keyboard player Timothy Lanham and drummer Yoann Intonti were promoted from tour musicians to official band members.

The quartet, which drew comparisons from Surfer Blood and the Drums to the Strokes and Jesus and Mary Chain, released its debut single, 'Post Break-Up Sex,' in 2011, in anticipation of a full-length studio album later on in the year. Released in 2012, Come of Age, the sophomore band's outing, was produced by Ethan Johns and recorded in Belgium and England. Vaccines opted for a change of pace for their third studio album: they travelled to America to record English Graffiti 2015 with producer Dave Fridmann, and experimental hip-hop producer Cole M. Greif-Neill also took part in the sessions. Graffiti appeared in English at the end of 2015. In 2018, the band released a single called 'I Can't Quit' in anticipation of the arrival of their fourth long-player, Combat Sports, which dropped later that March.