Vivien Goldman LIVE At IRL On 8/22 Celebrates DEBUT LP ‘Next Is Now’ Produced by YOUTH

By Simon Jones

On August 17, 2021

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Vivien Goldman

Live Record Release Show

At IRL Gallery Brooklyn

August 22 at 4pm & 7pm ET

Debut Solo Album

Next Is Now Digital Release

On Via Youth Sounds / Cadiz Entertainment

Limited Edition Vinyl + CD Available October 23

Alexesie Pinnock“‘Punk Professor,’ journalist, author and all-around cool person Vivien Goldman, whose classic debut single “Launderette” turns 40 this year, is finally releasing her debut album.” – BrooklynVegan To coincide with the release of her debut solo album Next Is Now, Vivien Goldman returns with two special live performances at the IRL Gallery in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday, August 22. The shows will commence at 4pm and 7pm and will see her exclusively play a live selection of tracks with musical conspirators Dunia and Aram from her eagerly awaited debut solo album, digitally released via Youth Sounds / Cadiz Entertainment. The evening will also feature DJ MisBehaviour, who will be spinning a great selection of Lover’s Rock. Produced by Youth (Killing Joke, The Orb, Paul McCartney), the new long player features ten varied new tracks, including forthcoming lead track “Saturday Afternoon” together with the haunting recent “I Have A Voice.” Says Goldman, “Quite a turn-up to be making my first album now, specially with my dear bred’ren Youth at the controls. I found I had lots to sing about and my voice has improved!”

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Musician, journalist and reggae scholar, her celebrated post-punk output of the early 1980’s saw Goldman acclaimed for the social comment on tracks such as “Private Armies” – voted a top feminist punk song by Pitchfork. The accolade led to the release of Goldman’s seventh book, the award-winning Revenge of the She-Punks, which is appearing in seven international editions. Her musical renaissance was prompted by the global popularity of Resolutionary, the 2016 compilation of her early 1980s music recorded with people from PiL, The Raincoats, Slits, Aswad, Robert Wyatt and of her own first band, The Flying Lizards. Goldman’s post-punk classic, “Launderette” was recently featured in HBO’s The Deuce and she has been sampled by the likes of rappers Madlib and The Roots, among others. Emerging from lockdown and with the vinyl and CD release of Next Is Now set for October, Vivien Goldman will announce more live shows in the States, Europe and the UK.

LIVE SHOW DATE:August 22, 2021 at IRL Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. See more information here and buy tickets here.

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