Vistas (band)

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Vistas
Vistas at Cardiff Students' Union, 2022.jpg
Vistas in concert at Cardiff University Students' Union in 2022; from left to right: Dylan Rush, Prentice Robertson and Jamie Law
Background information
Origin Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres
Years active2016–present
Labels
  • Retrospect
  • LAB
MembersPrentice Robertson
Dylan Rush
Jamie Law

Vistas are a Scottish indie rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland. They released their debut studio album Everything Changes in the End in May 2020. The group consists of Prentice Robertson, Dylan Rush and Jamie Law.

Contents

Career

The band formed at school and developed a tight bond. [1] They released their debut single, "Calm" on 23 March 2018. They released the single "Retrospect" in May 2018. Their debut EP, Hello was released on 26 July 2019. They released "Teenage Blues" on 26 November 2019 as the lead single from their debut studio album. "Sucker" was re-released as second single from their debut studio album. Everything Changes in the End was released as their debut studio album on 29 May 2020.The album peaked at number two on the Scottish Albums Chart and number twenty-one on the UK Albums Chart. They released their second album "What Were You Hoping To Find?" on 20 August 2021. In 2022, they began releasing new singles, starting with Back Of The Car [2] in September 2022, which was then released as a 5 song EP "The Beautiful Nothing" [3] on 27 January 2023. [4]

Members

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
SCO
[5]
UK
[6]
Everything Changes in the End
  • Released: 29 May 2020 [7]
  • Label: Retrospect
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, CD, LP
221
What Were You Hoping to Find?
  • Released: 20 August 2021 [8]
  • Label: Retrospect
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, CD, LP
339
Is This All We Are?
  • Released: 15 September 2023 [9]
14

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Hello
  • Released: 26 July 2019 [10]
  • Label: LAB Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, CD
The Beautiful Nothing [3]
  • Released: 27 January 2023 [4]
  • Label: Is Right Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, CD, EP

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Calm" [11] 2018Non-album singles
"Retrospect" [12] Everything Changes in the End
"Teenage Blues" [13] 2019
"Sucker" [14] 2020
"Stranger" [15] Non-album singles
"Comfort" [16]
"Back Of The Car" [2] 2022The Beautiful Nothing
"Follow You Down" [17]
"My Head Feels Strange" [18]
"One More Night With No One" [19] 2023
"Last Together" [20] Is This All We Are?
"Is This All We Are?" [21]

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