Episode 104: Campbell Burns – Vacations

<p>Hello and welcome to Trusty Chords, the podcast which aims to celebrate music and those that create it.</p><p><br></p><p>Most Australian bands would tell you that the dream is to not only carve out a respectable niche for yourself on home soil, but to make impressive in-roads overseas. For Newcastle&#39;s Vacations, that&#39;s exactly what they&#39;ve spent the past decade doing.</p><p><br></p><p>Initially formed out of solo recordings made by frontman Campbell Burns, Vacations soon began releasing a string of EPs and singles, with debut album &#39;<em>Changes&#39;</em> arriving in 2018. Since then, they&#39;ve released three studio albums, and amassed a huge following. </p><p><br></p><p>2016 single &#39;Young&#39; has gone Gold and Platinum around the world, bringing in close to 900 million streams on Spotify alone, while 2018&#39;s &#39;Telephones&#39; has performed similarly, surpassing 800 million streams.</p><p><br></p><p>Needless to say, they&#39;re doing pretty well for themselves, and these global in-roads now extend to Burns himself living in New York, where he continues to craft stellar tunes.</p><p><br></p><p>Those stellar tunes will again be a focus of their forthcoming album, &#39;<em>Pursuit Of Anything&#39;</em>, which arrives in October. It&#39;s on track to be a big one for the band, but before that, they&#39;ll be returning home for a national tour next week in support of their recent single, &#39;Holy Grail&#39;.</p><p><br></p><p>Ahead of the big few months for the group, Burns was kind enough to join me for a chat where we discussed his musical growth, the growth of the band, and of course, his eclectic musical taste.</p><p><br></p><p>Anyway, have a listen to Vacations&#39; &#39;<em>Pursuit Of Anything&#39;</em> when it arrives in October, buy a ticket to their upcoming tour, have a listen to our chat, and I’ll see you at the end of the episode for some general housekeeping.</p>