''Vacation'' is the sixth and final studio album by American punk rock band

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. In a 2015 interview Rosenstock named ''Vacation'' as his favorite Bomb the Music Industry! album. Rosenstock said:

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, where we just kind of made records and weren't thinking about if they were punk or indie or whatever, we were just making records. That made this record have a bit of a different tone. I got the courage to say, "Fuck it, I'm going to make the record that I want to make and I know some people are going to not like it no matter what." No matter what, there's going to be reviews that say my voice is shitty. No matter what, the punk kids are going to say, "This is too slow, this used to be better, blah blah blah." So I was just going to keep on keeping on.

On August 2, 2021, Rosenstock released a collection of demos in honor of the album's ten year anniversary. Unlike the previously released Scrambles demos, this collection appears to feature other musicians. Like the Scrambles demos; a short piece of writing, detailing the creation of the album, was included.

Track listing

All songs written by Jeff Rosenstock except where noted.

Details

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Personnel

Main band

*Mike Costa - Drums *John DeDomenici - Bass, Drums *Matt Keegan - Trombone, Synthesizer, Glockenspiel, Vocals *Tom Malinowski - Guitar, Vocals *

- Vocals, Guitars, Saxophone, Keyboards, Programming, Drums

Additional personnel

*Ginger Alford: Vocals *Neil Callaghan: Farfisa Organ *Chris Candy: Trumpet *Steve Ciolek: Vocals *Katie Cleary: Bass *Steven D'Agostino: Banjo *Chris Farren: Vocals *Ben Gallatty: Upright Bass *Chris Guglielmo: Drums *Mike Huguenor: Vocals *Aidan Kohler: Violins *Casey Lee: Pedal Steel *Sean McCabe: Mandolin, Tannerin *Lindsay McMullen: Cello *Dave Renz: Vocals *Matt Scheuermann: Vocals *Skylar Suorez: Vibraphone *Witt Wisebram: Harmonica

References

External links

''Vacation'' on Quote Unquote Records
{{Authority control Bomb the Music Industry! albums 2011 albums