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The Vacant are a Indie band from Nottingham, England that formed in 2010. The band's current line-up consists of Jacob Hepple (Keyboards), Finn Lewis (Guitar), and Connor Farrow-Griffiths (Drums). All the bands members met in high-school and have been playing their instruments long before the band first got together.

The band have currently released 7 singles on Soundcloud, all of which are planned to be included in theirs first album. The Vacant’s first album is planned to be titled "Swans" and is due for release mid-2013.

Name
The band's name is derived from a belief that all the band members have, which is they consider themselves "slightly out of it", therefore deeming the word "Vacant" a suitable way of describing the bands mentality. The band also believes that most other musicians in their genre have a focused career narrative; while The Vacant believes that they don't, adding a sense of irony to their title as well.

Influences
The band considers their main influence to be The Cure due to their melancholic sound, yet they still have the ability to sound uplifting. Also considered as influential to The Vacant's sound are The Sex Pistols due to both bands use of a three chord structure in their music, likewise Green Day are also considered an influence for much of the same reason.

Swans (2010-present)
The band are currently working on their debut album, titled "Swans" which is due to be released mid-2013.The album is planned to have 8 - 10 tracks on, all of which will have obscure names, in keeping with the band's strange persona. To spread awareness of the albums launch, the band is running an apologue which involves swans taking over the earth, hence the album to be titled "Swans".

General themes of The Vacant's first album will long guitar riffs, 90's style keyboard solos, and hard-hitting drums if their current singles are anything to go by. If the band continues this style of music to their second album they will turn into a very unique band, due to the fact that no other musician is playing in this style or portraying themselves in quite the same way.