Wendy James was the driving force behind late 1980's icons Transvision Vamp who has a string of startling pop hits including 'Baby I Don't Care' and 'I Want Your Love'. Since the 'Vamp disbanded, James has gone on to work with Elvis Costello and James Sclavunos (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), who joins her on drums and percussions for her fifth solo studio album, 'Queen High Straight'.
Now, Wendy James has released the music video to her new single. 'The Impression Of Normalcy'. Of the single, Wendy said the track is: A perfect speed-punk moment in the last quarter of the album! Originally I’d written it more in the vein of Nirvana: quiet verse, loud chorus and I guess it was mid-tempo. Having started in on recording rehearsals, James Sclavunos put his sticks in the air, from behind his drum kit and said “Can we speed this fucking song up?” So… we went to the extreme and basically thrashed and shredded this song out, I then edited it down so it’s a perfect three and a half minutes of pop speed punk!”
Wendy James also embarks on an ambitious UK tour on he following dates:
AUGUST
BLACKPOOL WATERLOO MUSIC BAR - THURSDAY 26TH
NORWICH ARTS CENTRE - FRIDAY 27TH
STOKE SUGARMILL - SATURDAY 28TH
TRURO OLD BAKERY STUDIOS - TUESDAY 31ST
SEPTEMBER
CARDIFF CLWB IFOR BACH - WEDNESDAY 1ST
BRISTOL FLEECE - THURSDAY 2ND
OXFORD O2 ACADEMY2 - FRIDAY 3RD
GUILDFORD BOILEROOM - SATURDAY 4TH
CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION - TUESDAY 7TH
TUNBRIDGE WELLS FORUM - WEDNESDAY 8TH
QUEENS HALL NUNEATON - THURSDAY 9TH
PORTSMOUTH WEDGEWOOD ROOMS - FRIDAY 10TH
GLOUCESTER GUILDHALL - SATURDAY 11TH
BARROW UNDERGROUND MUSIC SOCIETY - TUESDAY 14TH
MANCHESTER DEAF INSTITUTE - WEDNESDAY 15TH
NOTTINGHAM BODEGA - THURSDAY 16TH
LIVERPOOL JIMMY’S - FRIDAY 17TH
BIRMINGHAM O2 INSTITUTE3 - SATURDAY 18TH
LEICESTER FIREBUG - TUESDAY 21ST
NEWCASTLE CLUNY - WEDNESDAY 22ND
GLASGOW KING TUTS - THURSDAY 23RD
PAISLEY ROCKNROLLAS - FRIDAY 24TH
EDINBURGH BANNERMANS - SATURDAY 25TH
SWANSEA CINEMA & CO - TUESDAY 28TH
LEEDS BRUDENELL - WEDNESDAY 29TH
BRIGHTON CONCORDE 2 - THURSDAY 30TH
OCTOBER
LONDON O2 ACADEMY2 ISLINGTON - FRIDAY 1ST
HUDDERSFIELD THE PARISH - SATURDAY 2ND
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