Following up their provocative 2018 EP “Complicit”, which featured Ivanka Trump on its cover, pioneering post-punk band GANG OF FOUR are set to release their brand new full-length HAPPY NOW on March 1, 2019 via PledgeMusic, which is available now for pre-order.
Happy Now comes 40 years after the release of the band’s groundbreaking debut Entertainment!, diving deeper into the heart of the classic Go4 sound with a modern slant. A combination of electronics and angular lines pursuing 21st century grooves achieve the striking balance between the band’s fundamental sound and its restless embrace of the now and the new. Harnessing the unbridled energy of their live show, Gaoler’s melodic vocals radiate confidence while Andy GIll’s serrated guitar cuts through Thomas McNiece and Tobias Humble’s grooving rhythm section. The result is a body of anthemic songs of modern confusion, and the band’s best and most consistent work since their post-punk years.
“Happiness is always an odd one; so difficult to pin down. Our personal lives are always a mixture-sad things, tragedy, joy,” explains founding member Andy Gill. “When we were younger we thought things would gradually get better: the world would be less sexist, less racist, progress would be made and now we know that history isn’t linear; it’s very capable of U-turns.”
The band is also announcing a US tour in support of Happy Now starting February 4th in Tustin, CA. The band will be traveling across the country for two months hitting cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia, culminating at Rough Trade in New York City. Full list of tour dates can be found below as well as on Bandsintown, and on Songkick.
TOUR DATES:
Feb 4
Marty’s On Newport
Tustin, CA
Feb 5
The Casbah
San Diego, CA
Feb 6
Roxy Theatre
W. Hollywood, CA
Feb 8
Strummer’s
Fresno, CA
Feb 9
The Chapel
San Francisco, CA
Feb 11
Global Hall
Denver, CO
Feb 12
Slow Down
Omaha, NE
Feb 13
Space
Evanston, IL
Feb 14
Shank Hall
Milwaukee, WI
Feb 16
El Club
Detroit, MI
Feb 17
Club Café
Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 19
Once Ballroom
Somerville, MA
Feb 20
Space Ballroom
Hamden, CT
Feb 21
U Street Music Hall
Washington, DC
Feb 22
Underground Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Feb 23
Asbury Lanes
Asbury Park, NJ
Feb 24
The Colony
Woodstock, NY
Feb 25
Rough Trade NYC
Brooklyn, NY