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Simpatico

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Velocity Girl Scores with their sophmoric release, absolutely outshining their first release, Copacetic. This is the melange of pop and crafty vocal harmonies that we have come to expect from Indie veterans Velocity Girl. Broken up in 1997, check out Sarah Shannon's new outing : Starry Eyes.

This is the first Velocity Girl album I picked up and it's still my favorite Velocity Girl release. From the opening driving riffs of "Sorry Again," this album is relentless, sugary power pop. It's hard to pick a favorite track because they are all so finely crafted, with one song seeming to blend seemlessly into the next, but if I had to I'd pick "The All-Consumer." Sarah Shannon's voice is perfectly suited to the music and on "The All-Consumer" she is accompanied by Archie Moore on harmonies that are simply brilliant.
The lyrics are equally gripping. On "Tripping Wires," Shannon warns, "You know I never liked boys prettier than me, I warned you ... I don't want to know what hides inside infatuation." Brian Nelson adds little guitar hooks here and there that play off the rhythm guitar of Moore.
This is the perfect driving record with its high-energy, hook-filled sugary power-pop (with the exception of the beautiful ballad "Hey You, Get Off My Moon"). "Simpatico" gets me singing along every time and turns a normally boring drive along country roads into a pure pleasure.
And for any price less than $2 this album is a steal! Take it from me, you won't regret purchasing this album.

Easily their best album. The lead singer's voice coupled w/the harsh yet poppy rhythym guitar blend perfectly. The lyrics are very fun. We need more bands like this. In the era of soul searching, I hate life lyrics this band is a refreshing change of pace. Too bad this album is 4 years old and the band has split up. : - (

This album is filled with charming meledios and pop harmonies. It is filled with songs that capture the sound of 90's Indy pop.

This album still holds up, as the songs were filled with sincerity, and hope. A must have for any record collection/

Man I can't listen to this album without feeling a wee bit subdued and chilled. It is good, it's catchy, man you hear dem song man and it's like "whoa". I bet Mannie Fresh was thinking about "drug girls" when he was making that song "Real Big" (which is why he sounds so distracted). Come to think about it, that song is genious, he just tells us that he likes oh everything REAL BIG. But by the same token we can say that Velocity Girl likes things real chill, this was from an era when Alternative music didn't mean anything on the radio, it was an actually form of music. And you could say this is alternative (but not by modern day standards unfortunatly. We all know the tragic tale and it's a little too late to get way too revivalistic about it, just appreciate the old music for what it was. I'd have to say that this is a great piece of music from the mid 90's, a mixed decade when it came to good music. Man I'm just distracted cause I'm listening to V. Girl (well) just like Mannie Fresh. He likes everything big, I mean he prolly has like a big watch on his wrist, which would be big enough to be considered a clock but it's a watch cause it's on his wrist. Man who ever watches thier watch? They should call it a glance, of course I haven't had a wrist watch for like a year now so why do I care. Time, time is a... oh where am I. I just don't really need to define this album for you, I mean they have songs samples, 30 seconds of something so awesome you really don't need to tap me on the shoulder and say "hey Mic will ya' tell me about V. Girl's sound." Fool please! Mannie Fresh, oh my what a song that is "real big" he must wear t-shirts that are the size of blankets to men of ordinary stature, almost god-like in apperance he must peer over his shoulder as meer mortals such as you and I see him in public. Real Big they tell me, oh I've lost the numbers, but I think it adds up to an incredable sum, one that is to soon be lost after recitation. This man, rich from his ego, will burn faster in the final days.

Not many people know that Velocity Girl was just behind Nirvana and in terms of Sub Pop sales (!Simpatico! and Copacetic are the number three and four all-time best sellers in Sub Pop's catalogue, behind Nirvana's Bleach and Sebadoh's Bakesale.) The melodies and lyrics on this album are full of energy, jangly guitars, fun lyrics and great harmonies. The playful cover artwork perfectly represents the music on the disc. This album is definately amongst my top 10 albums (I have over 600 CDs). The only thing I regret is never having the opportunity to see Velocity Girl live (they broke up in 1996...sniff). If you buy this album, you will want to buy their entire catalog (sadly only three albums and one EP).

This is one of the best cd's I ever bought. In fact, I have two copies, just in case one were to get scratched up. This is pure pop-music perfection. There isn't a bad song on this cd. Sarah Shannon's vocals are so beautifully delicious. The music is just perfect. A step up from their previous effort "Copacetic" which had a lot of distorted guitars. I don't want to go into a song by song review. This is just as perfect as a pop-rock cd can get.

PS- If you like this cd, you may want to also check out Charming's "Champagne & Magazines".

The first time I heard Velocity Girl, they were a pretty much unknown band playing at an outdoor festival. They still seem to be relatively unknown, but that shouldn't stop you from giving them a spin. Simapatico is their best album in my opinion. These are some of the best female pop vocals that you'll hear. The melodies are catchy, the and the you'll find yourself just randomly blurting out some of the great lyrics. The best song is probably "I Can't Stop Smiling" (IMNSHO), but there isn't a track that you'd like to skip as you listen.