"I've heard people say that 'The Vaccines are good' or 'The Vaccines are bad', but I've never really ever heard anyone say we're important," frontman Justin Young tells Gigwise, "and I think that was something we were really keen to achieve on this record."

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They're not wrong - there's a real spirit and ambition to English Graffiti that sees them enter a whole new league. No wonder they're eyeing up superstars for competition. "I want in ten years' time for people to say to their friends, their children 'This was the record that summed up my 2015 - this album sums up how my generation were feeling, what we were listening to, how music was being made and how it sounded'."

Young continues: "The Vaccines, we've done well and we've achieved a lot, but I want to be competing with the biggest and best artists in the world, like Kanye West or Beyonce. We think that how they make music and how they connect with people is above and beyond anything we've ever experienced, but I want to be as important as what they're saying and what they're trying to achieve." 

Watch below as the band open up about the meaning of English Graffiti, the confidence the album brings to the table, doing things for the first time, experiencing 'Beatlemania' around the world, and how they refuse to be 'apologetic' any more. 

Watch The Vaccines' interview with Gigwise below

Check out the rest of The Vaccines' takeover below

TRACK BY TRACK: The band talk us through each and every song on their huge new album, English Graffiti 

GOOD BURGERS: Justin Young's guide to the very best burgers in the world, eaten while making English Graffiti 

PLAYLIST: English Graffiti producers Dave Fridmann and Cole M. Greif-Neill's tracks of inspiration while making the record  

READING LIST: Bassist Arni Arnasson the books he was reading while making English Graffiti

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