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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Velocity Girl |
| Date | Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:50:39 -0400 |
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At 04:35 PM 8/15/2003 -0700, Don Stroud wrote:
>My favorite power-pop album... An odd choice, but it would
>probably have to be Velocity Girl's "Gilded Stars And
>Zealous Hearts". They went from being a sort of post-punk-y
>band to straight-ahead power-pop, in my opinion, and this,
>their last album, was completely solid. Not a clunker in the
>bunch. Earnest songs, fast bouncy songs, SUPERB vocals, and
>hooks a'plenty. And the final song, "One Word", is just
>marvelous. It's a summation of everything that made the
>band great. And it's got a semi-sentimental edge over the
>others in my collection as it's one of the first CDs I
>bought when I moved to California, and it helped open my
>eyes and ears to a new strata of music. God but I miss
>that band. I miss them so much.
Did you know they reformed last year? First fruits of their labors at
http://www.excellentonline.com/flirt.php3
La la, la la la,
S
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