Gang of Four to release new album, Happy Now

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Following up their provocative 2018 EP “Complicit”, which featured Ivanka Trump on its cover, pioneering post-punk band GANG OF FOUR are releasing a brand-new full-length album, HAPPY NOW  on March 1, 2019. The album is available now for pre-order HERE. 

Happy Now comes 40 years after the release of the band’s  groundbreaking debut Entertainment! 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.   

 “Happiness is always an odd one; so difficult to pin down. Our personal lives are always a mixture – sad things, tragedy, joy. 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.” Andy Gill,

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, Philadelphia, and NY. 

Gang of Four is: Andy GillGaoler, Thomas McNiece, and Tobias Humble 

 

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 

Happy Now 
Track-listing  

Toreador 

Alpha Male 

One True Friend 

Ivanka – My Name’s On It 

Don’t Ask Me 

Change the Locks 

I’m A Liar 

White Lies 

Paper Thin 

Lucky (Bonus Track) 

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