For other uses, see Vivian Girls (disambiguation).
Vivian Girls

Vivian Girls at The Market Hotel, Brooklyn, 2008
Background information
Origin Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres Punk rock, indie rock, dream pop, noise pop, lo-fi
Years active 2007–present
Labels Polyvinyl, In the Red
Associated acts Male Bonding, Best Coast, La Sera
Website viviangirls.net
Members
Cassie Ramone
"Kickball Katy" Goodman
Fiona Campbell
Past members
Frankie Rose
Ali Koehler

Vivian Girls are an American band from Brooklyn, New York.

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History [link]

Vivian Girls, named after the magnum opus of outsider author Henry Darger, started in Brooklyn, NY in March 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone (guitar/vocals); Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman[1] (bass/drums/vocals); and Frankie Rose (drums/bass/vocals).[2] While only a band for a short while, they recorded a demo which included five original songs and a Wipers cover, and began to play locally in Brooklyn and Katy (Kickball Katy) and Cassie's home state of New Jersey.[3] Within the first couple of months they had already developed a strong local following, supporting acts like Jay Reatard, Sonic Youth 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. The band is still very much connected to their home scene.[4]

In March 2008 they released the "Wild Eyes" single on the Plays With Dolls label.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] During this time, the group signed with In The Red Records who released a new single in August 2008.[8] In The Red re-released the Mauled by Tigers record on LP and CD formats in October 2008.[9]

In July 2008 the band underwent a lineup change with new drummer Ali Koehler replacing Frankie Rose.[10] The band then went on an extensive tour that saw them visit the U.S., UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Puerto Rico in two months.[11] Their second album, Everything Goes Wrong was released by In The Red in September 2009. [12] In May of 2010 Fiona Campbell of Coasting replaced Ali Koehler becoming Vivian Girls third and current drummer. With her they have toured with their third album "Share The Joy" to Europe, UK, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, and the US. Fiona is native to New Zealand and previously played there in a band called The Coolies.

Katy Goodman (Kickball Katy) has formed side project with Cat Power's Gregg Foreman named All Saints Day, the band has digitally released one self titled EP.

Cassie has a side project called The Babies with Woods bassist Kevin Morby. They have released two 7" singles and a self-titled debut album in February 2011.

Fiona's project Coasting released their debut full length on M'lady's Records in November 2011. Previous to that Coasting has released 7inch's on M'lady's Records, Group Tightner, a split with Reading Rainbow on French label Atelier Ciseaux and a tape for Japanese label Sixteen Tambourines.

The band also featured on the track 'Worse to Come' on noise pop band Male Bonding's debut album Nothing Hurts

In August, 2010 Katy (Kickball Katy) announced a solo project called La Sera, which makes lush, dreamy songs of heartbreak, love and death. The first single "Never Come Around" was released on November 16 and A full length eponymous debut was released in early 2011.[13]

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., home to of Montreal, Japandroids, and Deerhoof among others.[14]

On February 4, 2011, RCRD LBL shared a download of "I Heard You Say." The song is from their forthcoming album Share The Joy.[15]

Discography [link]

Albums [link]

Year Album information Chart positions
US UK
2008 Vivian Girls
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: May 2008
  • Label: Mauled by Tigers/In The Red
2009 Everything Goes Wrong
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: September 2009
  • Label: In The Red
2011 Share the Joy
  • 3rd studio album
  • Released: April 2011
  • Label: Polyvinyl

EPs [link]

Date Title Format Details
2008 Live on the Radio (WFMU 9/1/2008) CD 150 Hand-Numbered Copies
2009 Live on the Radio (WFMU 9/1/2008) LP 1000

Singles [link]

Date Single Backed with Record label Format Other details
2008 Wild Eyes My Baby Wants Me Dead Plays With Dolls / Wild World 7" single 4000 copies
2008 Tell the World I Believe in Nothing & Damaged Woodsist 7" single 3000 copies
2008 I Can't Stay Blind Spot In the Red 7" single 2000 copies
2008 Surfin Away & Second Date Girl Don't Tell Me (Wilson) Wild World 7" single 1000 copies
2009 Moped Girls Death For Us 7" single 1500 copies
2010 My Love Will Follow Me He's Gone (The Chantels Cover) Wild World 7" single 2000 copies
2011 I Heard You Say I Won't Be Long Polyvinyl 7" single RSD 2000 copies

Compilation appearances [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ "Sweaty Hands: Brickbreaker « The FADER". Thefader.com. 2010-02-01. https://www.thefader.com/2010/02/01/sweaty-hands-brickbreaker/. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  2. ^ "Vivian Girls | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. https://www.myspace.com/viviangirlsnyc. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  3. ^ "The Agit Reader • Feature: Vivian Girls". Agitreader.com. https://agitreader.com/features/vivian_girls-8.18.html. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  4. ^ Hughes, Josiah. "The Rise and Rise of Vivian Girls", Exclaim!, September 2009.
  5. ^ "SMASHIN' TRANSISTORS: VIVIAN GIRLS "Wild Eyes" and "Tell The World" 7inches". Smashintransistors.blogspot.com. 2008-06-27. https://smashintransistors.blogspot.com/2008/06/vivian-girls-wild-eyes-and-tell-world.html. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  6. ^ "Vivian Girls". Gorilla Vs. Bear. 2008-06-03. https://gorillavsbear.net/2008/06/vivian-girls.html. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  7. ^ [1][dead link]
  8. ^ "gorillavsbear.net: new vivian girls :: "i can't stay"". Gorillavsbear.blogspot.com. 2008-07-14. https://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-vivian-girls-i-cant-stay.html. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  9. ^ [2][dead link]
  10. ^ "Vivian Girls at Silent Barn + Dan Friel at Dead Herring | Scene and Heard Photos". Impose Magazine. 2008-08-07. https://www.imposemagazine.com/photos/vivian-girls--dan-friel-silent-. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  11. ^ May, Hana (2009-05-04). "Vivian Girls: Cool Dude Attitude". hearty magazine. https://www.heartymagazine.com/features/vivian-girls-cool-dude-attitude. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  12. ^ Amy Granzin, Vivian Girls: Vivian Girls, Pitchfork Media, October 3, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2008.
  13. ^ Hughes, Josiah (2010-08-18). "Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman Goes Solo as La Sera, Signs with Hardly Art • News •". Exclaim.ca. https://exclaim.ca/News/Vivian_Girls_Katy_Goodman_Goes_Solo_as_La_Sera_Signs_with_Hardly_Art. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  14. ^ "Vivian Girls Sign to Polyvinyl | News". Pitchfork. 2010-09-16. https://pitchfork.com/news/40082-vivian-girls-sign-to-polyvinyl/. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 
  15. ^ "DOWNLOAD: Vivian Girls - I Heard You Say". Rcrd Lbl. https://rcrdlbl.com/2011/02/04/download_vivian_girls_i_heard_you_say. Retrieved 2012-02-23. 

External links [link]


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Vivian Girls (disambiguation)

Vivian Girls are a Brooklyn-based indie rock group (named after the Darger characters).

Vivian Girls may also refer to:

  • Characters in a multimedia work by outsider artist Henry Darger
  • Vivian Girls (album), the debut album by lo-fi/punk band Vivian Girls
  • The Vivian Girls, a short-lived Australian indie rock group (also named after the Darger characters)
  • "Vivian Girls", a track on the 2000 album Winter Birds by dream-pop band Seely
  • "Vivian Girls", a track on the 2006 album Hidden World by experimental hardcore band Fucked Up
  • "Vivian Girls", a track on the 2007 album Left_for_Dead_(Wussy_album) by indie-rock band Wussy
  • "The Vivian Girls", a track on Snakefinger's 1982 album Manual of Errors
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    Vivian Girls (album)

    Vivian Girls is the debut album by lo-fi/punk band Vivian Girls, released September 30, 2008.

    Reception

    The album was met with favorable reviews, scoring an 80/100 on Metacritic based on 15 reviews.

    "the melodies, all hard and spiky on the outside and gooey on the inside, like tough girl music should be" - Plan B

    "between the omnipresent slabs of reverb, the trio flip between harmonic garage rock, gloomy melodies and twee-Birthday Partyisms" - NME (8/10)

    The album was named the 16th best album of 2008 by Pitchfork Media and the 9th best album of 2008 by Rough Trade.

    Track listing

  • "All the Time" – 1:57
  • "Such a Joke" – 1:43
  • "Wild Eyes" – 1:55
  • "Going Insane" – 1:29
  • "Tell the World" – 3:36
  • "Where Do You Run To" – 3:15
  • "Damaged" – 2:06
  • "No" – 1:19
  • "Never See Me Again" – 1:41
  • "I Believe in Nothing" – 2:26

    • Personnel

  • Cassie Ramone – lead guitar, vocals
  • Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman – bass, vocals
  • Frankie Rose - drums, vocals

    • References

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    Vivian Girls

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    Your mystery house
    Bringing me down
    Footsteps behind when there's no one around
    Black and white pearls
    Vivian girls
    Saving the day when our hero left town
    Heavenly hosts
    Give up their ghosts
    Sing you to sleep
    As you travel downstream
    Your secret is out
    Burning the ground
    Taking a leave with these sneakers you found
    Make a big leap
    Climb by the deep
    Hiding inside when the man comes around
    Heavenly hosts
    Give up their ghosts
    Sing you to sleep




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