This Quiet Room: The Long Awaited Album From New Zealand Post-punk / Indie Veterans Vietnam, Released Today – Scoop

Friday, 28 January 2022, 6:07 amPress Release: UTM Music Group

This Quiet Room is the first new album in 37 yearsfrom New Zealand post-punk / new wave / indie veterans Vietnam,and the bands final, definitive statement.Officially released today (Friday, 28January, NZ Time) on Vinyl, CD, and digital formats, ThisQuiet Room can be ordered online from Vietnamnz.com,Bandcamp,FlyingOut, Marbecks,and JBHiFi, with more to follow.

Initially active from1981-85, and reforming in 2017 to celebrate the reissue oftheir self-titled 1985 debut, Vietnam went on to record thebrand-new album This Quiet Room between 2019 and2020. Now based between Sydney, Australia, and Wellington,New Zealand, the bands new album remains true to theirroots in the moody post-punk and quintessentially NewZealand indie jangle of the early eighties, but is matureand confident enough to make forays into new territory, withmoments of dark, brooding jazz cabaret, and even disarminglygentle ballads.

This Quiet Room from Vietnamcomes in a limited edition of 300 individually numbered LPs,pressed on 180-gram Clear Vinyl, and is also available in CDand digital formats. Covid-restrictions permitting, the bandhope to play one final New Zealand tour later in2022.

Meanwhile, the new video for the albumspoignant second single, Where is My Happiness?, wasreleased earlier this week, premiering on Stereo EmbersMagazine (US) witha beautiful write-up from Dave Cantrell, followed by afeature on Undertheradar.co.nz.

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Privatepromo stream of the album via Soundcloud: here

NEWZEALAND RETAIL DISTRIBUTION: UPDATED

ThisQuiet Room by Vietnam is distributed in New Zealand byRhythmethod,and is available now from Flying Out (Auckland), Marbecks(Auckland), Real Groovy (Auckland), Spellbound Wax(Gisborne), Vinyl Countdown (New Plymouth), Slow Boat(Wellington), Rough Peel (Wellington), Pennylane(Christchurch), Relics (Dunedin), and all JB HiFi outletsnationwide.

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This Quiet Room: The Long Awaited Album From New Zealand Post-punk / Indie Veterans Vietnam, Released Today - Scoop