In addition to featuring members of bands taking part in the Chickfactor Festival they also represent pretty much the lone 90s indie rock bands that I wish would get back together as everyone else already has gotten on my wishlist which consists of Further, The Summer Hits, Tiger Trap, June of 44, Kicking Giant and probably at the top would have to be Velocity Girl. Don't get me wrong I'd love to see some Tsunami but Velocity Girl has been a band that has always been one of my faves! Both Archie Moore and Brian Nelson were in Black Tambourine and after that band broke up they formed Velocity Girl a band who balanced noisy guitars, melody as well as harmony so well. Their songs were super catchy, and always had really strong guitar work. And while their later stuff became much more polished, removing the noise in my opinion they were still a great band. Most fans pan their later work but I have to say their second full length Simpatico! is the album I probably listen to the most which is a straight up pop album. The song captured on the this split with the wonderful Tsunami is a song called "Warm/Crawl" which is most definitely a shoegaze/indie pop hybrid with its sprawling noisy guitars.
This single was a part of the Sub Pop singles club which was limited to "only" 4,000 copies. And to think that back then that was considered super limited. And my copy as you can see is on pink which back in the 90s give me some serious record collector assholic bragging rights. Sub Pop totally hit a nerve with the Singles Club and while other labels over the years have tried to replicate it but as far as I am concerned no one has come close.
Velocity Girl/Tsunami "split" tracklisting
1. Tsunami "Left Behind"
2. Velocity Girl "Warm/Crawl"
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Thanks a lot for this.
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