New Wave band The Vapors have entered a new era and have announced the upcoming album, Wasp in a Jar, arriving on February 28, 2025 via Vapors Own Records.

Bassist Steve Smith says about their current outlook:

We look at the band with the philosophy of Viv Savage from Spinal Tap: ‘Have a good time all the time. Getting together and playing music is still really fun for us -bouncing ideas off each other and trying different things.

The follow-up to 2020’s Together, the new album “follows its three predecessors in conveying an individual feeling of its own, both lyrically and musically.”

Gutarist Danny Fenton says:

We just felt that the title Wasp In A Jar captured the feel of the album – that sort of bottled up angst. There are some slower, more heartfelt moments on the album, but on the whole, it’s a fairly punk record. It wasn’t something we sat down and planned, but the band came from punk in the late ‘70s, so we just kind of leaned into that in the studio.

All of the band’s recent albums are “glued together here by current personal and global commentaries.” They continue to find the fun in their work at 45 years on from their recorded debut.  With tour plans shaping up for 2025, the world will have an opportunity to hear the new album live very soon.

The Vapors is Dave Fenton (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Steve Smith (bass), Michael Bowes (drums), Danny Fenton (guitar). Wasp in a Jar was recorded and produced by Michael Giblin (The Split Squad) at Mechanicsburg, PA and mastered by Greg Reierson at Rare Form Mastering.