Ryan Hamilton of People on Vacation and Smile Smile fame has crafted himself an impressive début solo album, though one that rarely strays from what he’s best at. The album is packed with impressive hooks, big choruses and of course Ryan’s distinctive floaty, melancholic vocal style. Hell of a Day starts off strong with “Be…
Continuing their very successful 2015 thus far, Ryan Hamilton and Jaret Reddick, aka People On Vacation, have released a brand new music video for their new single. Don’t Ask The Question is the second single from People On Vacation’s breakthrough album The Chronicles Of Tim Powers which won widespread praise upon it’s release at the…
Words by Matt Hill, photos by Rachael Griffiths. People On Vacation are by my own admission not my usual listening, ones own mp3 collection being far more likely to be blasting Behemoth, Arcturus or Megadeth to name but a few. With that being said, with a Thursday evening in the company of “The Jim” and…
It’s all go in the world of Ryan Hamilton! With People On Vacation having completed a very successful UK tour last month, Ryan has now announced the release of his solo album. Titled Hell Of A Day, the album will be released at the end of April to anyone who has taken part in Ryan’s…
After a couple of false starts involving both their tour and their recently released album The Chronicles Of Tim Powers, People On Vacation have finally touched down on UK soil. The Texan indie pop-rockers, comprised of Ryan Hamilton of Smile Smile and Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup, begin their full UK tour tonight (25th…
It’s almost time for People On Vacation’s long awaited album The Chronicles Of Tim Powers to be released. After multiple delays for various reasons, The Chronicles Of Tim Powers is set for release on Monday (February 2nd 2015). Ahead of the albums release, People On Vacation, aka Jaret Reddick and Ryan Hamilton have teamed up…
People on Vacation’s new album is an enigma. Caught somewhere between a hopeless despair and a passionate, intense belief that everything will be alright in the end, The Chronicles Of Tim Powers is the indie rock duets best release yet and sees them flexing their songwriting muscles. The schizophrenic attitude of the album is evident…
People On Vacation (aka Jaret Reddick and Ryan Hamilton) have always been a band who engage with their fans and the wider community wherever possible. From social media to funding their forthcoming album, The Chronicles Of Tim Powers, through Pledge Music, People On Vacation are a band of the people. They’re now taking that a…
Things have been getting rather exciting in the world of People On Vacation over the last couple of weeks. With their single You May Not Believe In God getting picked up by both Kerrang TV and Kerrang Radio, and their album The Chronicle Of Tim Powers getting mainstream print press attention in the UK, things…
Here at Rock Sins we’ve been eagerly awaiting People On Vacation’s UK tour which was due to take place at the end of the year. Sadly we’ve had news from the POV camp that the dynamic duo, Jaret Reddick and Ryan Hamilton, are having to delay their trip to the UK until the end of…
Continuing the build up to the release of their second full studio album, the eccentrically named “The Chronicles Of Tim Powers”, Texan indie pop-rockers People On Vacation have released a very funny music video for all to enjoy. The clip is for the rather catchy number You May Not Believe In God, which is the…
Hands up who likes songs that make you feel good? Most of you? Excellent! (There’s always a few miserable so and so’s). One of the years’ most uplifting albums is on the way courtesy of Texan indie pop-rock duo People On Vacation (that’s Bowling For Soup’s Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile’s Ryan Hamilton if you…
