Inside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp

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swoon-worthy The FADER

equal parts Mac DeMarco and Snail Mail Paste Magazine

shimmering wistful, sun-kissed indie-pop American Songwriter

The week that guitarists Grace Repasky and Maggie Geeslin turned old enough to drive, Lunar Vacation was officially formed.

Repasky and Geeslin met in the eighth grade and began exchanging musical efforts almost immediately, but that blessed autonomy of first cars meant they could conquer Atlantas sprawling suburbs and play to their adolescent hearts desire. The pair forged a cluster of demos just enough to fill a set and took to as many stages as Atlanta could offer them. Local momentum building, they added classmates Matteo DeLurgio on synth and Connor Dowd on drums to sonically match their songs increasingly rambunctious spirit.

Upon high schools end, Lunar Vacation released a pair of well-received EPs, Swell and Artificial Flavors, and landed support runs for the likes of Remo Drive, Sidney Gish, and SALES. The band nabbed infatuated fans across the US while racking up millions of streams on their independently released music. In more than one sense, Lunar Vacation had graduated.

Back in Atlanta, Geeslin was working in a record store (Criminal Records) when Daniel Gleason of the band Grouplove came in. Following a quick connection and hours of conversation, the members of Lunar Vacation felt Gleason could be one to color in the sound theyd been honing live melodious guitars swirling atop propulsive, often psychedelic rhythm and capture it in the studio. The band recorded Unlucky with Gleason and released it in early 2020, the song drawing attention as swoon-worthy from The FADER, shimmering wistful, sun-kissed indie-pop from American Songwriter, and equal parts Mac DeMarco and Snail Mail from Paste Magazine. Lunar Vacation continued recording with Gleason in the producers chair.

The band released the first song of the batch in June 2021. Shrug garnered praise from the likes of Paste, Brooklyn Vegan, Stereogum, Under The Radar, and NYLON who called it a jangly guitar song with a very shoutable chorus. Songwriter Repasky shared, I look back now and realize that this song was a pivotal moment in delving into self-identity and ultimately identifying as a non-binary person. The melody is buoyant though agitated, its guitars warbling like question marks and lyrics ringing distinctly relatable. Lines like This isnt how I want to be / I didnt know I could care that much and Invited but Ill never show / Sit at home playing too much Wilco cut into a listeners mind and vibrate there, like thoughts of ones own. Theres a carefree sense of triumph in Repaskys refrain: Why dont you just shrug it off?

Lunar Vacation will release their highly anticipated debut album Inside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp October 29 on Keeled Scales. Throughout the album, this band boasts a celebratory sound, a reckless sense of ecstasy specific to fluid youth and rock solid friendship. In spite of lifes bits that inspire these songs some darker than others Repasky, Geeslin, DeLurgio, and Dowd reliably find the light in the thing. Drawing from early influences like Rilo Kiley and Tame Impala, and landing a little closer to contemporary favorites like Alvvays and Slow Pulp, Lunar Vacation make bright music replete with bliss.

Repasky suggested the band name Lunar Vacation to Geeslin at a show, leaning over at a loud moment to say it. Its easy to imagine others finding out about the band in this same way.