Oh Sub Pop, you! Velocity Girl’s 1994 album ¡Simpatico! is finally back in a remastered and expanded edition. That good ol' British shoegaze and jangly U.S. guitar pop is in full stride on this definitive edition of VG's sophomore album, complete with singles, B-sides, and rarities from the era. Playful covers, compilation cuts and the album in it's entirety, yes please! - Flying Out
¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded) gives Velocity Girl’s long out-of-print 1994 sophomore album, ¡Simpatico!, an overdue refresh with a sparkling-fresh mastering job and a treasure trove of bonus tracks from the ¡Simpatico! era. The original album sounds better than ever, and it’s complemented by a full album of B-sides and rarities. Velocity Girl formed in 1989 or so at the University of Maryland outside Washington DC with guitarist Archie Moore (Black Tambourine), guitarist Brian Nelson (Black Tambourine), drummer Jim Spellman (Starry Eyes, Foxhall Stacks, High Back Chairs, Julie Ocean, Piper Club), bassist Kelly Riles (Starry Eyes), and singer Sarah Shannon (Starry Eyes, The Not Its). The band combined English-inspired noisy shoegaze fuzz with scrappy US indie rock and classic ‘60s-style pop songwriting. A killer single on Slumberland and non-stop touring grabbed the attention of the indie-rock cognoscenti, and soon after Velocity Girl signed a contract with Sub Pop on a car hood in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Tracklist
01. Sorry Again
02. There's Only One Thing Left To Say
03. Tripping Wires
04. I Can't Stop Smiling
05. The All-Consumer
06. Drug Girls
07. Rubble
08. Labrador
09. Hey You, Get Off My Moon
10. Medio Core
11. What You Left Behind
12. Wake Up, I'm Leaving
13. Marzipan - Sorry Again EP
14. Labrador (drum machine version) - Sorry Again EP
15. Diamond Jubilee - Sorry Again EP
16. What You Left Behind (reprise) - Echoes of the Nation's Capitol #2 compilation
17. Your Silent Face - Your Silent Face single
18. You're So Good to Me - Your Silent Face single
19. Seven Seas - Seven Seas single
20. Breaking Lines - Seven Seas single