Viet Cong stream album, tour (2015)
The debut album from Calgary four-piece Viet Cong is being released next week via Jagjaguwar in the U.S. and on Flemish Eye in Canada, but you can hear the entire self-titled LP streaming over at NPR now.
Click Here To Stream Viet Cong’s Self-Titled Debut Album Via NPR
NPR write “this album enters that cavernous space outright and stays there for its duration, as Viet Cong finds its own way through the surrounding bleakness with frigid, brutalist post-punk that nods toward experimentalism” and go on to proclaim “The year is too early to call, but if more records match Viet Cong’s restless moods, there may not be much left of us come December.”
Click Here To read Pitchfork’s Guest List Feature
Matthew Flegel of the band sat down with Pitchfork recently to discuss and give insight into the broad range of musical influences shown throughout the stunning LP. The band will be playing a series of shows this month, including two sold out New York dates to celebrate the release of the LP, before starting a massive North American tour this spring.
01.28.15 – Union Pool – Brooklyn, NY *
01.29.15 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY **
01.30.15 – Bar Le Ritz PDB – Montreal, QC ^
01.31.15 – The Garrison – Toronto, ON
02.04.15 – Oslo – London, UK ^^
02.05.15 – Deaf Institute – Manchester, UK ^^
02.06.15 – Broadcast – Glasgow, UK ^^
02.07.15 – Brudenell Social – Leeds, UK ^^
02.08.15 – Green Door Store – Brighton, UK ^^
02.09.15 – Point FMR – Paris, FR ^^
02.10.15 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, NL^^
02.11.15 – West Germany – Berlin, DE ^^
02.12.15 – Loppen – Copenhagen, DK ^^
02.13.15 – Pokalen – Oslo, NO ^^
02.14.15 – Mejeriet – Lund, SW ^^
02.15.15 – Hafenklang – Hamburg, DE ^^
02.16.15 – Rotown – Rotterdam, NL ^^
02.17.15 – De Kreun – Kortrijk, BE ^^
02.18.15 – Botanique – Brussels, BE ^^
02.26.15 – Commonwealth – Calgary, AB #
02.27.15 – The Artery – Edmonton, AB
02.28.15 – Amigos Cantina – Saskatoon, SK #
03.03.15 – Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
03.05.15 – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA
03.06.15 – Echo – Los Angeles, CA
03.07.15 – Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
03.08.15 – Valley Bar – Phoenix, AZ
03.11.15 – Record Bar – Kansas City, MO
03.12.15 – 7th Street Entry – Minneapolis, MN
03.14.15 – Dionysus Club at Oberlin College – Oberlin, OH
03.24.15 – Larimer Lounge – Denver, CO
03.25.15 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
03.26.15 – Treefort Music Fest – Boise, ID
03.27.15 – Barboza – Seattle, WA
03.28.15 – Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
* w/ Honey, PC Worship
** w What Moon Things
^ w/ PC Worship, Unblonde
^^ w/ Absolutely Free
# w/ Fist City, Burnt Shrines
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