Vivian Girls Are Back with Their First New Album in Eight Years: Listen to Its First Single

Dream-pop heavyweights Vivian Girls have come out of the woodwork to announce their first new album in eight years.

Set for release Sept. 20 via Polyvinyl, Memory marks the band’s first return to performing as a trio since parting ways in 2014, and welcomes back their core lineup of vocalist-bassist Katy Goodman, vocalist-guitarist Cassie Ramone and drummer Ali Koehler.

Described as an album filled with personal reflections on toxic relationships, mental health struggles and accepting oneself, Memory captures a sense of desperation and longing and the “trademark mystery that set the band apart during its first incarnation,” per a press release.

You can hear inklings of the band’s new direction on their newly unveiled first single “Sick,” a frenzied, strong return to the band’s familiar jangle-pop instrumentation, fleeting, twisting harmonies and dark lyricism.

In light of Memory’s release, Polyvinyl has also announced reissues of the band’s first two albums—2008’s debut Vivian Girls and 2009’s Everything Goes Wrong—on 180-gram colored vinyl, the former of which was remastered by Heba Kadry. The reissues will arrive alongside the September release of Memory, and you can preorder both here.

The band will embark on a brief North American tour in support of Memory.