The Vapors Announce New Album “Wasp In A Jar”

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New Wave veterans The Vapors have announced they will release their fourth full length, Wasp In A Jar, on the 28th February via Vapors Own Records. The album follows its three predecessors in conveying an individual feeling of its own, both lyrically and musically, with founder member Dave Fenton‘s lyrics as observational, poetic and open to interpretation as ever. Their classic debut, 1980’s New Clear Days, mixed commentary about the mundanities of late ’70s and early ’80s life combined with the paranoia stirred up by the state of the world as it was back then. 1981’s Magnets brought a more personalized study with 2020’s Together bringing a joyful celebration of the eventual reunion. Wasp In A Jar is a combination of all three, all of which are glued together by current personal and global commentaries, all performed by a band full of ability, confidence and positivity and very clearly enjoying themselves, 45 years on from their recorded debut. Wasp In A Jar can be pre-ordered in North America via Red Chuck Records and everywhere else here

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“We just felt that the title Wasp In A Jar captured the feel of the album, that sort of bottled up angst. There are some slower, more heartfelt moments on the album, but on the whole, it’s a fairly punk record. It wasn’t something we sat down and planned, but the band came from punk in the late ’70s, so we just kind of leaned into that in the studio. 2025 is shaping up into a very busy year for us. We have the album out on February 28th accompanied by a tour of UK grassroots venues in March. Then we have some UK shows with Big Country in April and May and then we are returning to the US for the Lost ’80s tour with A Flock of Seagulls, Big Country, Josie Cotton, Icicle Works, Belouis Some and many others.” (guitarist Danny Fenton)