[3][4][5][6] The group has cited Native American drumming, Indian tanpura, early rock n roll, The Gun Club, and Television as major influences on their sound.

[21] In April 2014, the two-piece supported indie-rock icon and label-mate Dean Wareham on a tour of the U.S.[22][23] The Vacant Lots announced their debut album 'Departure' would be released on UK independent record label Sonic Cathedral on July 1, 2014.

[25][26] On May 21, 2014, The Vacant Lots and Alan Vega of influential New York punk band Suicide released a split 10" vinyl on Fuzz Club Records.

[27] The release debuts a new track by Alan Vega entitled "Nike Soldier" and an alternate mix of "Mad Mary Jones" by The Vacant Lots.

'Arrival' was also included as a bonus disc in the first initial copies of the group's debut album and features artwork by LA Pop-Surrealist artist Anthony Ausgang.

[36][37] On March 16, 2015, Sonic Cathedral released a vinyl only single by The Vacant Lots that featured two remixes by Alan Vega of Suicide and Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown massacre.

[38][39][40] The Vacant Lots performed at acclaimed independent UK music festival Secret Garden Party with Temples and Toy on July 25, 2015.

[54][55] On Friday, April 24, 2020, The Vacant Lots announced their third album 'Interzone' will be released on June 26 on London indie record label Fuzz Club.

On April 24, "Rescue", the first single off the new album was released and described by Brooklyn Vegan as "post-punk inspired...which brings to mind Jesus And Mary Chain and Love & Rockets.

"[57][58][59] "Fracture", the second single off the group's third album "Interzone" was released on May 22, and premiered on Post Punk Magazine, which they described as "explosive psych mixed with the experimental spirit of proto-punk; a fuzzy memory trying desperately to resurface.

In 2021, Jared Artaud co-produced, mixed, and did art direction on the lost Alan Vega album entitled "Mutator" released on Sacred Bones Records.

[65] On September 30, The Vacant Lots supported psych-rock pioneers The Black Angels in North America culminating in a performance at Levitation (festival) for the official after party for legendary rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain.