The Vacant Lots (Fuzz Club) new single + video 'Thank You' ahead of new LP + new EU dates + tour W/ The Black Angels

Following premieres on Iggy Pop’s BBC 6 Music show and Flood Magazine, Brooklyn post-punk/synth-pop duo The Vacant Lots are releasing their new single and video ‘Thank You’ today. Arriving following recent single ‘Chase’, the new track is the second to be lifted from The Vacant Lots’ incoming ‘Closure’ LP, out September 30 on Fuzz Club. In support of the new album, the duo will tour North America with The Black Angels in September/October and UK/Europe in November/December

Disco on downers dance beats lashed with gutter-rock guitar riffs underpin new single ‘Thank You’, with evocatively concise and lacerating lyrics (“Thank you for wasting my time”, “Thank you for fucking up my life”) delivered detached and deadpan. Jared Artaud says of the track: "When it's over it's a lot easier to look back and see things for what it is. To look back and see the duality of love and hate in a relationship. Sometimes it's a lot more devastating losing the time you had than the person you thought you loved. Nothing is worse than wasting your time."

Brian MacFadyen adds: "Thank You was built in the framework of simplicity. It has a relentless pace driven by an angular arpeggiated bassline and drum machine pattern. A Juno-6 was used for chords throughout, a Korg M500 for the leads, and the track is brought to another level with guitars layered on top. The process of crafting this song was done entirely remotely due to the pandemic and the layers over time became more and more refined until we were satisfied with each sound source."

Created under isolation, ‘Closure’ is The Vacant Lots’ most fully realized work to date. It arrives following their highly-praised 2020 album ‘Interzone’, Cold Cave remix 7” and Artaud’s recent work co-curating the ‘Vega Vault’ of unreleased Suicide/Alan Vega material (culminating in Artaud co-producing and mixing 2021’s lost Vega album, ‘Mutator’).

Set against a pulsating backdrop of modern apocalypse, the duo’s fourth album packs 8 minimal-is-maximal salvos into 23 minutes that coalesce into a stun-blast soundtrack for today’s shattered society. Artaud recalls: “During the pandemic the two of us were totally isolated in our home studios. I don't think the pandemic directly influenced the songs in an obvious way, but merely amplified existing feelings of alienation and isolation. We found ourselves writing in a more direct and vulnerable way than ever before.”

Upcoming UK/EU/US/CA Tour Dates

• Sep 30 - Dallas (US) - Granada*
• Oct 1 - Lawrence (US - Bottleneck*
• Oct 3 - St Louis (US) - Delmar Hall*
• Oct 4 - Omaha (US) - Slowdown*
• Oct 5 - Minneapolis (US) - First Avenue*
• Oct 7 - Madison (US) - Majestic*
• Oct 8 - Cleveland (US) - Beachland*
• Oct 10 - Detroit (US) - Majestic*
• Oct 12 - Toronto (CA) - Phoenix*
• Oct 13 - Montreal (CS) - Corona*
• Oct 14 - Boston (US) - Paradise*
• Oct 15 - DC (US) - 9:30 Club*
• Oct 17 - Brooklyn (US) - Brooklyn Steel*
• Oct 18 - Philadelphia (US) - Union Transfer*
• Oct 19 - Chapel Hill (US) - Cat's Cradle*
• Oct 21 - Atlanta (US) - Variety*
• Oct 22 - Nashville (US) - Brooklyn Bown*
• Oct 23 - Birmingham (US) - Saturn*
• Oct 24 - Baton Rouge (US) - Chelsea's Live*

* - with The Black Angels

• Nov 09 Milan (IT) - Arci Bellezza
• Nov 11 Dijon (FR) - Consortium Museum
• Nov 12 - Paris (FR) - L’International
• Nov 13 - Le Havre (FR) - Mc Daid’s
• Nov 14 - Nantes - Lune Froide
• Nov 16 - Maastricht (NL) - Muziekgieterij
• Nov 17 - LIege (BE) - L'Escalier
• Nov 18 - Dordrecht (NL) - Popcentrale x Bibelot
• Nov 19 - Berlin (DE) - Synästhesie Festival
• Nov 22 - Halle (DE) - Hühnermanhattan
• Nov 24 - Copenhagen (DK) - Loppen
• Nov 26 - Stockholm (SE) - Debaser Bar Brooklyn
• Nov 30 - Haarlem (NL) - Patronaat
• Dec 1 - Hastings (UK) - The Piper
• Dec 2 - London (UK) - Strongroom
• Dec 3 - Manchester (UK) – SOUP
• Dec 4 - Glasgow (UK) - The Flying Duck
• Dec 5 - Nottingham (UK) - The Chameleon
• Dec 6 - Bristol (UK) - The Crofters Rights
• Dec 8 - Rouen (FR) - Le 3 Pièces

Ticket link: thevacantlots.lnk.to/tickets

Music Video (3) The Vacant Lots - Thank You (Official Video) - YouTube