With their brand new album, Life Behind Bars little over a month away. Texan punk rockers, the Vandoliers saw fit to tease us all again this week with another new single.
Your Picture was inspired, rather touchingly, by a snapshot of band leader Jenni Rose’s wife and child that she carries with her on every tour. Making it a particularly poignant and personal track to lead with.
“I’ve carried the same picture of my wife and daughter with me as I’ve traveled the world over the past five years,” says Rose. “That small photo inspired this song, first by noticing the worn edges, then by reflecting on the distance between when a photo is taken and where we are when we reach for it later. Memories have the power to heal, and nothing captures that power quite like a photograph, especially one you can hold in your hands. It transports you right back: to where you were, to who you were, to that fleeting moment you want to keep alive.” She continues, “For me, ‘Your Picture,’ both the song and the video, is an attempt to translate a core, universal feeling: the longing for someone you love, the ache of wishing they were right there beside you.”
The Vandoliers also released details of their upcoming tour with Skinny Lister. Which is set to kick off in Paris in early November. Winding its way through Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Norway. Before making its way to the UK on December 3rd for a run of nine shows. Culminating at Scala in London on December 13th. A full list of which can be found below.
December 3 – Southampton @ 1865
December 4 – Bristol @ The Fleece
December 5 – Leicester 02 Academy 2
December 6 – Norwich @ Norwich Arts Centre
December 7 – Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club
December 9 – Glasgow @ King Tuts
December 10 – Sunderland @ Independent
December 11 – Stoke-on-Trent @ The Sugarmill
December 13 – London @ Scala
Recorded with Grammy award-winning producer Ted Hutt. Life Behind Bars will be released on digital platforms and CD & vinyl on June 27th via Break Maiden Records/Thirty Tigers and is available to pre-save/pre-order now.
For tickets and info on their upcoming tour you can head over to the bands official website. Or, track them down on social media.
