Vacaciones

Vacaciones' effervescent, fun-loving sound owed as much to bubblegum pop acts like the Archies and the Banana Splits as it did to seminal indie pop bands like Talulah Gosh, Dolly Mixture, and Heavenly. It was the kind of sound that made them fit right in on the Spain-based label Elefant Records' roster in the late '90s, which at that time featured likeminded groups like Los Fresones Rebeldes, Juniper Moon, and La Casa Azul. Ruth (vocals), Angel (bass), Rafa Skam (guitar), and Jose Alberto (drums) teamed up to form Vacaciones in the spring of 1998. A few months later, shortly a...