The Vaccines, Field Day, London 2 June 2012

The crowd were really hyped before The Vaccines came on, and their slight delay on stage built up excitement. They opened with a strong new song, then launched into Wrecking Ball. They sprinkled several other new songs, including Teen Idol and Bad Mood, among songs from their first album, which they played in its entirety. The new songs were very much of a piece with their older material, though sounded a bit more Ramones-esque than they have before. The familiar songs were greeted like old friends by the crowd and really hammered out by the band. All In White, in particular, was really storming. They closed with a rattle through Norgard, which was a great way to top off our Field Day day.