Goodwill, by The Vacant Smiles

Goodwill

by The Vacant Smiles

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1.	Alarmy 03:00	buy track
2.	21st Century Smiles 03:44	buy track
3.	I Made A Pact 03:37	buy track
4.	Connectivity 04:27	buy track
5.	Dyadic Stope 03:28	buy track
6.	In & Outside The Box 02:14	buy track
7.	Melvin Doo 04:26	buy track
8.	Take It 03:45	buy track
9.	Hamilton Mattress 01:41	buy track
10.	Mountain 05:08	buy track
11.	Ad$ 02:03	buy track

about

Goodwill is the third TVS album. Created to fill a gap left by our original third album—which will arrive sooner or later—and released only 27 days after our first recording session, it is an album that celebrates the glorious shining light of randomness, weirdness and wrongness that is so often trampled on by our 21st century lives. Especially in the face of the impending cyber-doom of the modern world, with the rise of smartphone abuse, addiction, egomania and shitty public transport, while monolithic companies tower over us with their supposed goodwill held close to themselves, Goodwill recognises that while cynicism may be increasingly becoming our default setting, we must open ourselves up to the imperfect mess that we’ve made and take time to rejoice in goodwill.

People:

James Lynch - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys, percussion
Seamus Whelan - bass, vocals, percussion
Francis Tait - guitar, bass, percussion
Tom Clapp - drums

Sam Harding - engineering, mixing, synth, birthday
Erik Scerba - mastering, mixing, applause
Dom Moore - keys, synth
Mikey Ellis - engineering
Veeka Nazarova - design
Mikhail Nazarov - artwork

Goodwill was recorded at Big Bang Studios and at home
from late November - mid December 2018
Produced by The Vacant Smiles
All songs by James Lynch
except Melvin Doo by Seamus Whelan/James Lynch

Pulling this album off was a pretty insane task, and it couldn’t have happened without the help from a number of people. Huge thanks to Sam and Erik for putting far more into this than we ever expected, Mike and Veeka for lending multiple hands, Dom for just being keen I guess, Rebecca Allan for her bass amp, James Morris for his room, and girlfriends, friends and family for their constant support that helped this thing get finished. You did good.

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released December 21, 2018

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The Vacant Smiles Melbourne, Australia

rock band from melbourne

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Cooperation

Oct 2019
Goodwill

Dec 2018
So Tired of Sleeping In

Sep 2018
Stones

Feb 2018
Messin' Around

Oct 2017
You're Not Really Here

Jan 2016
Lemmings

Nov 2015
Stupid Music

Aug 2013

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