Vagrant Sabbatical, AKA IRL Dan Fullham, has carried the torch as MNE's Kerouac the past few years. He was constantly on the go all around the US (even Hawaii for a while?) until recently settling outside Mendocino, CA amongst the giant redwoods and ancient ferns. When we first met Dan on tour in Vermont (2014?) he sent us his novel he wrote. I read about 3/4ths of it on my iphone in the van and was in awe of this young dude's intellect and writing skills. Nowadays, Dan's perfected that writing skill to the point where I listen to his songs as more than songs- they are poetry and they are philosophy. As he's partially settled amongst the redwoods, I have a feeling he will be recording more Vagrant Sabbatical music, which is good in that I will have more of Dan's music in my life, but bad in that there will be further documentation of how far Dan's intellect has surpassed mine.
Bracing post-hardcore meets festival-ready rock on the Tokyo band's sharp new EP, mixed and mastered by Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight). Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 8, 2024