Featuring members of the now-defunct Canadian art rock band Women, Viet Cong makes dark pop music with a sparse, post-punk backbone. After releasing a tour-only EP earlier this year, the quintet is set to release its self-titled debut on January 20th via Jagjaguwar. Our first taste of the seven-track effort comes via lead single, “Continental Shelf”.
Anchored by spacey guitars, a wall of dense noise, and metallic bass, the song sounds like something out of The Cure’s discography, albeit a little more menacing. Even with it’s darker undertones, it’s still a gripping single made all the more complex with biting lines like, “If we’re lucky we’ll get old and die.” Listen in below.
Viet Cong Tracklist:
01. Newspaper Spoons
02. Pointless Experience
03. March Of Progress
04. Bunker Buster
05. Continental Shelf
06. Silhouettes
07. Death
The band has also announced an extensive world tour, with dates edging into February 2015. Consult their full schedule below.
Viet Cong 2014-2015 Tour Dates:
10/24 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Good Will
11/17 – Vancouver, BC @ Korean Cultural Center
11/18 – London, UK @ Total Refreshment Studios
11/19 – London, UK @ Scala*
11/20 – Brussels, BE @ AB Club*
11/21 – Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who? Festival
11/22 – Paris, FR @ Le Mecanique Ondulatoire
01/28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool**
01/29 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
01/30 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
01/31 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
02/05 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
02/06 – Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
02/07 – Leeds, UK @ Brudnell Social
02/08 – Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
02/10 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
02/11 – Berlin, DE @ West Germany
02/12 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
02/13 – Oslo, NO @ Pokalen
02/15 – Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang
02/16 – Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown
02/17 – Kortrijk, BE @ De Kreun
02/18 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
* = w/ Ought
** = w/ PC Worship
