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Happy New Year is an EP released by the Violent Femmes for Record Store Day on April 18, 2015. It was the first recording of original songs by the band in 15 years.[1] The EP was released on 12-inch, 180-gram, champagne-colored vinyl, and later made available for digital download on June 2, 2015[2]

Happy New Year
EP by Violent Femmes
Released	April 18, 2015
Recorded	December 31, 2014
Genre	Rock
Label	Add It Up Productions
Producer	Chris Townsend
Violent Femmes chronology
Archive Series No. 2: Live in Chicago Q101 (2006) Happy New Year (2015) We Can Do Anything (2016)

Track listing

Personnel

• Gordon Gano – vocals, guitar
• Brian Ritchie – acoustic bass guitar, vocals
• Brian Viglione – snare drum, tranceaphone, percussion, vocals
• John Sparrow – Cajon
• Jeff Hamilton – Dobro, mandolin, ukulele, cabasa, vocals
• Blaise Garza – Bass saxophone, piano

References

• Happy New Year (EP notes). Minneapolis, MN: Add it Up Productions. 2006. VF001.

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