Next is Now, by Vivien Goldman

Next is Now

by Vivien Goldman

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1.	Russian Doll 04:01	buy track
2.	Saturday Afternoon 04:33	buy track
3.	Vertigo 04:02	buy track
4.	My Bestie & My BFF 04:28	buy track
5.	Home 04:13	buy track
6.	Substitute 04:48	buy track
7.	Rope Burn 04:47	buy track
8.	Next is Now 03:55	buy track
9.	Driverless Car 05:20	buy track
10.	I have a Voice 03:17	buy track

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Vivien Goldman's eagerly awaited ‘Next Is Now’ was recorded in New York and produced by Youth (Killing Joke, The Orb, Paul McCartney) and features ten brand new tracks, including lead single ‘Saturday Afternoon’. 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!"

The album will get a full release on limited edition vinyl and CD on the 23rd of October and also includes the haunting recent single ‘I Have A Voice’ which Goldman explained at the time: “I wrote this song in 2019, in London. People were arguing about Brexit and Trump and the existential sense of uncertainty was much more intense than when punks sang “No Future” in the 1970s. We must keep our energy and persistence up to make the change we need. We have a voice.” It prompted Brooklyn Vegan and Pitchfork to hail, "The return of the post-punk diva."

Musician, writer, educator and broadcaster, 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 popularity of ‘Resolutionary’, the 2016 compilation of her early 1980s music recorded with people from PiL, The Raincoats, Slits, Aswad, Robert Wyatt and her own first band, The Flying Lizards. Goldman’s post-punk classic, ‘Launderette’ 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 the Autumn, Vivien Goldman will be announcing live shows in the States, Europe and the UK.

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released July 13, 2021

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“No-One’s More Punk than Vivien Goldman,” pronounced Pitchfork Magazine. In that freewheeling spirit, the boundary-busting Vivien Goldman is a writer, educator, broadcaster -- and a musician, too.

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