Gordon "Violent Femmes" Gano's solo album "Under the Sun" is out!

Back in July, I wrote to tell you about the preview I'd gotten of Under the Sun, the forthcoming solo album from Gordon Gano, former frontman for Violent Femmes:

My boyhood chum Paul Simcoe emailed me last week to sing the praises of the new Gordon Gano and the Ryans album Under the Sun. Paul and I grew up together, raised on the Violent Femmes (Gano's earlier band), and now that Paul's running Toronto's most excellent Criminal Records, he's a real treasure-house of kick-ass music suggestions.
Though the album isn't due out until Sept 1, Yep Roc, Gano's label, was kind enough to send me the album in MP3 form, and I've been seriously rocking to it ever since. It reminds me most of the Violent Femmes' underrated third album, The Blind Leading the Naked, with its mix of jangly, upbeat pop songs, semi-serious religious themes, and a few slow numbers that are more reminiscent of the track Good Feelings from the Femmes' eponymous debut album.
My standouts from this disc are Man in the Sand, Oholah Oholibah, Red, and Wave and Water

Well, it's September 1 and the album's out!

Gordon Gano & The Ryans (Yep Roc)

(Thanks, Paul!)

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Anonymous | #1 | 07:42 on Tue, Sep. 1 | Reply

Most websites, including Amazon, list it as being out on the 15th.

Anonymous | #2 | 08:05 on Tue, Sep. 1 | Reply

Available for streaming here: http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/blog-4085-stream-gordon-ganos-new-solo-record.html

Anonymous | #3 | 05:05 on Sat, Sep. 5 | Reply

"Violent Femmes" doesn't mean anything...
Violent women = Femmes violentes.

Anonymous | #4 | 17:33 on Mon, Nov. 2 | Reply

Except, silly, for the fact that 'femme' isnt just a french word. Nice try though!

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