{"id":9288,"date":"2018-07-16T11:33:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=9288"},"modified":"2018-08-20T13:45:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T18:45:35","slug":"vacationer-kenny-vasoli-joys-crate-digging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/vacationer-kenny-vasoli-joys-crate-digging\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacationer’s Kenny Vasoli on the joys of crate digging"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the world first met Kenny Vasoli, he was a fresh-faced teenager who rocked bleached blonde hair and a puka shell necklace in the music video<\/a> for his pop punk band\u2019s debut single.<\/p>\n

That was 2003, and a lot has changed for Vasoli since then. For one, said pop punk band \u2014 The Starting Line \u2014 is only semi-active as its members pursue other projects. Now 34, the Philadelphia-native Vasoli makes chilled-out jams under the name Vacationer and will appear at the High Noon Saloon on July 20<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m acting my age when I\u2019m making this music,\u201d he tells The Bozho<\/em>. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel like I\u2019m trying to force my range into something that I wrote when I was 17 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Vasoli was always a cut above his peers, at least in terms of outside influence. The Starting Line\u2019s final album, 2007\u2019s Direction<\/em>, incorporated elements of post-hardcore and shoegaze, and he also fronted a short-lived indie rock project called Person L. But Vacationer is even harder to pin down. Their 2018 LP Mindset <\/em>puts them in a grey area that\u2019s not quite rock and not quite hip-hop.<\/p>\n