Wendy James shares new single

Wendy James shares rockin’ new single Do You Dig It? Do You Love It? Is It Groovy?, lifted from her forthcoming album The Shape Of History.

Written, produced and mixed by Wendy James and recorded in West London and New York City, The Shape Of History is her tenth solo album and will be available digitally, on deluxe vinyl and via deluxe CD.

Do You Dig It? Do You Love It? Is It Groovy?, follows previous singles Freedomsville and Everything is Magic and is accompanied by a video featuring never-before-seen footage from her time in Transvision Vamp. Watch below:

‘This One’s A Rocker!’

Wendy says: “This one’s a rocker! Pulling on my taste for CBGB / Max’s Kansas City downtown New Wave Punk. Jagged guitars and fuzzed-up piano underneath. A scorcher!  And the video… I have hours and hours of unseen footage that we, Transvision Vamp, filmed during our time on the road from 1986 to 1991 and here is some of it. A direct buzz of all the behind-the-scenes and epic gigs we played.

“The Shape Of History has a lot about love in it, a lot about appreciation of oneself, one’s life and importantly, of others. It is life’s arc of starting out, blooming into something and in some ways maturing. I don’t think my music has got older, I know I’ve not gone mellow. My attitude can be more ferocious and fearless than ever, but there is an acquired wisdom, which naturally comes after having been alive for a few decades. The album is a love letter and a thank you note to life so far.”

To coincide with the album release, James will embark on a two-week long instore tour, taking in appearances at London’s Rough Trade East and Edinburgh and Glasgow’s Assai stores.

Wendy James shares rockin’ new single
Picture Credit: David Leigh Dodd

Wendy James Tour

October
Fri 25th – Newcastle, Beyond Vinyl (Evening)
Sat 26th  – Edinburgh, Assai (Daytime)
Sat 26th – Glasgow, Assai (Evening)
Sun 27th – Nottingham, Rough Trade (Evening)
Mon 28th – Liverpool, Rough Trade (Evening)
Tues 29th – Bristol, Rough Trade (Evening)
Weds 30th – London, Rough Trade East (Evening)
Thurs 31st – Portsmouth, Pie & Vinyl (Daytime)
Thurs 31st – Gosport, A Slice of Vinyl (Evening)
November
Fri 1st – Southampton, Vinilo (Evening)
Sat 2nd – Kingston Upon Thames, Banquet (Late Afternoon)
Sun 3rd – Oxford, Truck (Late Afternoon)
Mon 4th – Marlborough, Sound Knowledge (Evening)
Tues 5th – Leeds, Crash (Evening)
Weds 6th – Preston, Action Records (Evening)
Thurs 7th – Cardiff, Spiller (Evening)

For tickets click here. To pre-order The Shape Of History click here

In the current issue of Classic Pop, we catch up with Wendy to discuss her new album