The Vamps Announce Their Upcoming Album, "Cherry Blossom" and Release "Married in Vegas" Single/Video
The Vamps are back with a brand new single 'Married In Vegas' released via Island Records. 'Married In Vegas' heralds a new era for the band, the rebirth of The Vamps. The song was created remotely in lockdown by lead singer Brad Simpson with producer Lostboy (Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, Anne-Marie). The scuzzed up, sky-scraping banger is the first off their upcoming album, “Cherry Blossom”, which is due out October 16th, and is their most personal and fully-formed album to date.
Earlier this year, the band turned in what they thought would be their completed fifth studio album, with singles just left to be decided on. They knew they had a strong collection of bangers and ballads that told the story of a band re-born, but they weren't entirely certain about which song should properly mark the start of The Vamps Part 2. “On the day we handed the album in I went on a Zoom call with Lostboy” explains Brad. “We had a few beers and then four hours later Married in Vegas was birthed.” James adds: “Brad FaceTimed me and he was like 'I've just written this song!' I love moments like that because even when you think something's done it can still change at the last minute.” They jumped on a zoom with Lostboy the next morning to finish the song and the race to be Cherry Blossom's lead single was won by a brand-new song.
In the space of just six years The Vamps have morphed from bright-eyed and bushy-tailed boyband with instruments into a proper fully-fledged pop band crafting arena-sized hits. On Cherry Blossom, the musicality that's occasionally been lost in frantic release schedules and world tours and award shows has been given the time to properly, well, blossom. This isn't a vehicle for pop's current crop of in demand songwriters and producers, this is a Vamps-lead project that's made all the more impressive by the fact it was honed and finessed during lockdown. “We'd be lying if we said we didn't want it to go out into the world and be received positively,” says Simpson of their hopes for the album, “but ultimately, we love it so much, and that feeling of self-fulfilment is so exciting. These are songs that really touch on parts of our lives.”
Watch “Married in Vegas” now, stream it on Spotify, and be ready for the “Cherry Blossom” album on October 16th.