vegas water taxi share new single "brat summer" + announce UK in-stores

New EP first time listener and new LP long time caller, first time listener out Feb 6 via PNKSLM Recordings

Listen to "brat summer" & "ozempic (celebrity weight loss anxiety blues)" via Spotify, Apple Music etc
Watch the video for "ozempic (celebrity weight loss anxiety blues)" via YouTube
Listen to long time caller via Spotify, Apple Music etc
Watch the video for "chateau photo" via YouTube

“With jokes and gut-check punch reminiscent of early Springsteen, Vegas Water Taxi goes down brilliantly.” - Dork

 "a word-of-mouth favourite, with its David Berman-esque bon mots floating upon alt-country instrumentation reminiscent of Bill Callahan’s Knock Knock-era Smog" - The Line Of Best Fit

"With his uneasy yet assured hybrid of Lou Reed and Bo Burnham, Vegas Water Taxi are soon to rocket up to the top of bills across London." - God Is In The TV

“I’m very quickly becoming a big big fan of vegas water taxi ... I think it's kind of hit after hit at the moment for Vegas water taxi" - Emily Pilbeam, BBC Radio 6

East London country slackers vegas water taxi return with new EP first time listener - out February 6th via PNKSLM. The wry, darkly funny counterpart to October’s long time caller EP, it completes the two-part project where both EPs will combine as a full length LP, long time caller, first time listener, released the same day on 12 inch vinyl. 

Where long time caller focused on the romantic fallout of breakups and social dislocation, first time listener sees frontman Ben Hambro widen his scope. Sharply pointed pen in hand, he digs deeper to explore what it even means to crave love and authenticity in a world obsessed with image and pop individualism.

New single "brat summer"  was the final song written for the project and closes off the first time listenerEP in absurdist fashion, its stomping country-indie belying an Orwellian vision of a police state future updated for the social media age. "I’d recently re-read 1984, and set myself the challenge of trying to write a near future dystopia in a song, particularly in relation to the state of the USA," explains frontman Ben Hambro. "It imagines a world where people who had no participated in the/a brat summer where being rounded up by the police, whilst the only things on the radio are Call Her Daddy and The Joe Rogan Podcast. It ends with the protagonist and Matty Healy setting fire to LA. Easy listening stuff."

Making waves with each new teaser, VWT have built an impressive fan base that includes Rolling Stone UK, The Line Of Best Fit, Dork, DIY, Holler, as well as support from Radio 6's Lauren Laverne, Huw Stephens, Emily Pilbeam on New Music Fix Daily. VWT have also recently announced a headline show at East London's Sebright Arms for Jan 29th as part of Independent Venue Weekand today unveil two release weekend in-stores at London's Rough Trade Denmark Street on Feb 6thand Oxford's Truck on Feb 7th.

Recorded with Folly Group’s Louis Milburn, long time caller, first time listener features band leader Ben Hambro alongside bandmates bassist/guitarist Fred Lawton, drummer/guitarist Charlie Meyrick and backing vocalist Molly Shields, plus collaborators Rhodri Brooks on pedal steel and Holly Carpenter on violin. 

Live
January 29 - London, UK - Sebright Arms
February 6 - London, UK - Rough Trade Denmark Street (solo, in-store show)
February 7 - Oxford, UK - Truck (solo, in-store show)
***more shows TBA***