Earlier this month, FLOOD and Fender announced a collaborative digital concert series titled the Vote Arts and Minds Sessions with the goal of encouraging folks to sign a petition to put the Arts & Music Funding Initiative—which would lead to increased arts and music education in public schools—on California’s November 2022 ballot. So far we’ve shared sessions with artists including Claud, Geographer, and Weekend Youth, and today’s session comes courtesy of NYC-by-way-of-Bay-Area dream pop ensemble No Vacation.
Performing a full-band rendition of their 2017 single “Yam Yam,” the four-piece opens their video with guitarist Nat Lee expressing how music education was crucial to her early development as an artist, and drummer James Shi adding that although he wasn’t fortunate enough to be a part of such a program, he wishes all future generations be given “the opportunity to cultivate their creativity from a young age.”
Check out the group’s black-and-white-shot performance of the hazy single below.
