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#38 | THE VAPORS | Together
Manmade Soul/The Vapors Own Records | Official Store
According to Libby Cudmore: “This album exists because of a dedicated fanbase who followed them from club to club, chipped in a couple bucks to bring them to America for three sold-out shows at the Mercury Lounge, and listening to David Fenton say “we can always be friends” does more for that connection, especially in this time of disconnect, than any Facebook update or Twitter retweet. It’s Easter eggs like this that help a listener feel like Fenton and Co. wrote the album exclusively for them, but at no point is it fully fan-service. If anything, it’s a great introduction to a new generation, who might then go back and pull out their parents’ copy of New Clear Days….“We can all be brothers in Babylon / we can all be sisters in Babylon,” Fenton sings on “Babylon.” When Fenton penned this song—and the title track—he had no idea the band would be releasing their new album in the middle of a global pandemic. But Together, might just be the antidote to our cabin fever, an anthem for our eventual reunions with friends and family.”
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