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7 October 2026 – Vacations Chase the Pursuit of Anything and End Up Writing a Love Song Anyway
By Editorial Team - October 7, 2026
Summary
Australian indie-rock favorites Vacations celebrate new album Pursuit of Anything on Nettwerk with an earnest video for closing track Lucky, Forever.
Key Facts
- Vacations release new studio LP Pursuit of Anything worldwide via Nettwerk.
- Closing single and music video Lucky, Forever draws direct inspiration from bandmates' weddings.
- The album showcases the Newcastle trio's evolution from DIY bedroom pop to widescreen international indie rock.
- Entities: Vacations, Campbell Burns, Jake Johnson, Joseph Van Lier, Pursuit of Anything, Nettwerk, Newcastle, Australia
- Tags: vacations, pursuit-of-anything, lucky-forever, nettwerk, indie-rock, australia
Australian indie-rock band Vacations have released new album Pursuit of Anything through Nettwerk, with the campaign receiving fresh international coverage today alongside the video for closing track "Lucky, Forever." Campbell Burns admits the song began as an attempt to write the most clichéd love song possible while remaining completely sincere, inspired partly by attending the weddings of bandmates Jake Johnson and Joseph Van Lier.
That is a dangerous assignment because pop history contains approximately fourteen billion love songs and most available rhymes have already been thoroughly inspected. Vacations make it work by leaning into earnestness rather than pretending affection requires an ironic escape hatch.
Pursuit of Anything follows No Fun and continues the Newcastle-formed band's evolution away from the deliberately lo-fi character of its earliest releases toward a broader, more polished indie-rock sound. The record remains concerned with relationships, uncertainty and the search for meaning, but its scale reflects years of international touring and a much larger audience. "Lucky, Forever" provides the album with an appropriately open-hearted conclusion. Apparently after years of indie musicians pretending emotional detachment was extremely cool, somebody has finally allowed the wedding song back inside.