Sunday, March 5, 2023

Velouria - Smooth! Lite tape (1996)

No, they don't really sound like the Pixies, but would you believe a few '90s "small of fame" faves of mine like Fig Dish and the early Figgs?  I'm also picking up vague glints of everyone from Bracket to Triplefastaction, but this 1996 demo really isn't as derivative as I'm making it out to be.  Yeah, this is really impressive - hella power chordy with a firm grasp of melody. Self described "pop dorks," Velouria hailed from Silver Lake (that's L.A. to most of you) and went on to record a pair of 45s and just as many albums. This was a sweet find. 

01. Where Ford Falcons Come To Die
02. Audrey & Anguish
03. Sunbeam
04. Women's Wednesday
05. Perpetually You
06. Reville

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Bruce Brodeen said...

Whoa! Like some here, I'm guessing, I saw the band name and thought, the LA-based hard rocking, vaguely power poppy "Velouria" from the mid/late 90s...but it was the early days of the internet so searching your new bands' name was not standard business practice it *should be* today. Look forward to hearing this one but I'm guessing they might not (quite!) compare to LA's Velouria, as they were a very, very find band.

September 6, 2023 at 5:52 PM

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