Years active 2010–present Website vacationermusic.com Record label Downtown Records | Labels Downtown Genre Psychedelic pop Albums Gone, Relief, Gone EP | |
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Genres electro-dream pop, psychedelic pop Associated acts Body language
The Starting Line
Person L
Ratkicker
Thrills Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (2010) Members Kenny Vasoli, Matthew Young, Ryan Zimmaro, Greg Altman, Michael Mullin Similar The Starting Line, Person L, Forrest Kline, Penguin Prison, Panama Wedding Profiles | ||
Vacationer is an American band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, NY. It is composed of Kenny Vasoli (lead singer/bass), Ryan Zimmaro (drums), Michael Mullin (keyboards/backing vocals), Greg Altman (guitar/backing vocals) and producers Matthew Young and Grant Wheeler. The band describe its music as "nu-hula". Song writing is done primarily by Kenny Vasoli and Matthew Young.
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History
Vasoli expressed interest to Matt Watts, his manager and friend, about doing an electronic project after being inspired by LCD Soundsystem and other acts at the 2010 Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Watts connected Vasoli to the band Body Language which had a studio based in the neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn called Landau Audio Design (LAD) . After one session the song "Great Love" was started and the musical relationship was established. Subsequent instrumental recordings were started in Brooklyn and sent to Vasoli, who would add vocals and bass guitar. The songs started to take on tropical qualities due to Young's collection of Exotica, Polynesian, Hawaiian and Tropicalia Records. Most songs were sketched over email exchanges and then fleshed out at LAD.
Of the first 5 songs recorded "Trip" was decided to be the lead song and was self released in April 2011. Due to its press and publicity, it earned the attention of several labels including Downtown Records, which signed the band.
The band released its first LP in 2012 on Downtown Records called Gone. It reached number 42 on the Top Heatseekers chart in the U.S. The band toured consistently throughout 2012 and early 2013 with Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Bombay Bicycle Club, Tennis, The Naked and Famous, Body Language and Niki and the Dove.
On June 24, 2014 the band released their second studio album, titled Relief. The album charted at number 10 on the Top Heatseekers chart.
Discography
Songs
Paradise WaitingRelief · 2014
Good As NewGone · 2012
The Wild LifeRelief · 2014