From the moment Alex Kapranos, The Maccabees, Mumford and Sons, and White Lies
all turned up to the band's first-ever London gig, a huge buzz has surrounded
The Vaccines. Led by frontman Justin Young (formerly Jay Jay Pistolet) and
guitarist Freddie Cowan (brother of The Horrors bassist Tom Cowan), The
Vaccines, who formed in 2010 in West London, soon won heavy acclaim from the
critics and, burdened with the tag "the new Strokes", were acclaimed as saviours
of British guitar pop. Full of brash, youthful rock & roll, the fever
intensified with the release of early singles “Wreckin...