Vivian Girls

Swirling noise Brooklynites, Vivian Girls released their sophomore album via In The Red on September 8th, 2009. Released almost exactly a year after In The Red’s reissue of their self-titled debut, the new album, Everything Goes Wrong, promises to be slightly longer than the 22 mins their debut clocked in at with the band having taken their time and recorded it in six days - rather than the three their debut took -- though many of the songs were still recorded in single takes.

Whilst the band have again captured their raw, fun edge - as the influence of ’60s girl groups, The Ramones as well as surf and indie pop, still ring true, Everything Goes Wrong is without a doubt a darker, moodier album than its predecessor; a trait which arguably makes the band an even more appealing proposition this time round.With their My Love Will Follow Me single (released in February 2010), the Girls’ sound continues to evolve with a more poppy, vocal-heavy approach. Over the last year, Vivian Girls has toured the US and Europe extensively, received a considerable amount of national and international press, and, perhaps most significant of all, become the subject of a question on Jeopardy.One of the hardest working bands in America, Vivian Girls continues to tour heavily whilst working on Wild World (their own label) and recording new material. In September 2010, it was announced that the third Vivian Girls album Share the Joy would be released in spring 2011 by Polyvinyl Record Co.

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The Vivian Girls started in New Jersey in 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone (guitar/vocals), Kickball Katy (bass/drums/vocals) and Frankie Rose (drums/bass/vocals). While only a band for a short while, they recorded a demo cassette / CD-R which included five original songs, and began to play locally in their home state of New Jersey. Within the first couple of months they had already developed a strong local following, supporting acts like Jay Reatard, Japanther and the King Khan & BBQ Show as well as finding kindred spirits in other locals like Cause Co-Motion!, Crystal Stilts, and Woods, with whom they’ve shared many bills and helped develop a local scene. In March 2008 they released the "Wild Eyes" single on the Plays With Dolls label. With very little promotion and distribution the single became an underground indie hit as it charted on many college radio playlists and garnered positive reviews on the internet. Recorded in the same session, their debut self-titled LP was released by the Mauled by Tigers label, whose initial pressing of the LP sold out in ten days. During this time, the group signed with In The Red Records who released a new single in August 2008. In The Red re-released the Mauled by Tigers record on LP and CD formats in October 2008. In July 2008 the band underwent a lineup change with new drummer Ali Koehler replacing Frankie Rose.

The band's name comes from a mammoth written work by outsider artist Henry Darger, called The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion.