{"product_id":"velocity-girl-simpatico-remastered-and-expanded","title":"VELOCITY GIRL - ¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP - Loser Ed Disc 1 Bio Vinyl Petrol Colour, Disc 2 Magenta Colour Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-end=\"532\" data-start=\"182\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"221\" data-start=\"182\"\u003e¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded)\u003c\/em\u003e gives \u003cstrong data-end=\"245\" data-start=\"228\"\u003eVelocity Girl\u003c\/strong\u003e’s long out-of-print 1994 sophomore album, \u003cem data-end=\"301\" data-start=\"288\"\u003e¡Simpatico!\u003c\/em\u003e, an overdue refresh with a sparkling-fresh mastering job and a treasure trove of bonus tracks from the \u003cem data-end=\"418\" data-start=\"405\"\u003e¡Simpatico!\u003c\/em\u003e era. The original album sounds better than ever, and it’s complemented by a full album of B-sides and rarities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-end=\"1293\" data-start=\"534\"\u003eVelocity Girl formed in 1989 or so at the University of Maryland outside Washington DC with guitarist \u003cstrong data-end=\"656\" data-start=\"640\"\u003eArchie Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong data-end=\"678\" data-start=\"658\"\u003eBlack Tambourine\u003c\/strong\u003e), guitarist \u003cstrong data-end=\"707\" data-start=\"691\"\u003eBrian Nelson\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong data-end=\"729\" data-start=\"709\"\u003eBlack Tambourine\u003c\/strong\u003e), drummer \u003cstrong data-end=\"756\" data-start=\"740\"\u003eJim Spellman\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong data-end=\"773\" data-start=\"758\"\u003eStarry Eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"793\" data-start=\"775\"\u003eFoxhall Stacks\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"815\" data-start=\"795\"\u003eHigh Back Chairs\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"832\" data-start=\"817\"\u003eJulie Ocean\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"848\" data-start=\"834\"\u003ePiper Club\u003c\/strong\u003e), bassist \u003cstrong data-end=\"874\" data-start=\"859\"\u003eKelly Riles\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong data-end=\"891\" data-start=\"876\"\u003eStarry Eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e), and singer \u003cstrong data-end=\"922\" data-start=\"905\"\u003eSarah Shannon\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong data-end=\"939\" data-start=\"924\"\u003eStarry Eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"956\" data-start=\"941\"\u003eThe Not Its\u003c\/strong\u003e). 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-end=\"1977\" data-start=\"1295\"\u003eAfter touring in support of their debut, \u003cem data-end=\"1347\" data-start=\"1336\"\u003eCopacetic\u003c\/em\u003e, the band spent the better part of a year coming up with a batch of songs for a second album. They had never worked that way before – having focused time, and a budget (from a label!), to make an album that wasn’t a self-produced, punk-rock studio thing was a fresh experience. Having played their new material for months in the noisy style of \u003cem data-end=\"1703\" data-start=\"1692\"\u003eCopacetic\u003c\/em\u003e, the band found themselves excited about the tunes, but trying to move away from the scrappy, amateur vibe of their previous records. And their influences were a bit different this time around: less \u003cstrong data-end=\"1926\" data-start=\"1903\"\u003eMy Bloody Valentine\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-end=\"1954\" data-start=\"1931\"\u003eThe Wedding Present\u003c\/strong\u003e, more \u003cstrong data-end=\"1974\" data-start=\"1961\"\u003eNew Order\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-end=\"2623\" data-start=\"1979\"\u003eSomebody at Sub Pop connected the band with \u003cstrong data-end=\"2042\" data-start=\"2027\"\u003eJohn Porter\u003c\/strong\u003e, the one-time \u003cstrong data-end=\"2071\" data-start=\"2057\"\u003eRoxy Music\u003c\/strong\u003e member who had produced \u003cstrong data-end=\"2110\" data-start=\"2096\"\u003eThe Smiths\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2127\" data-start=\"2112\"\u003eBilly Bragg\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"2142\" data-start=\"2129\"\u003eThe Alarm\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a bunch of other ’80s acts. They met up on a tour stop in Los Angeles, at a Hamburger Hamlet. He agreed to produce the album in a three-week session at Cue Studios in Falls Church, VA. He was exactly what the band needed: an editor, arranger, and taskmaster. As he mercilessly excised every unnecessarily repeated bar, the band realized they’d gravitated to a sound with cleaner lines, and almost entirely ditched the noisy guitar, no doubt influenced by Porter’s presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-end=\"3077\" data-start=\"2625\"\u003eVelocity Girl was extremely happy with the results, and \u003cem data-end=\"2698\" data-start=\"2685\"\u003e¡Simpatico!\u003c\/em\u003e came out in June of 1994. This expanded reissue adds a number of songs recorded at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA, a few months after the album sessions. 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