Simpatico (Velocity Girl album)

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Simpatico
Studio album by
Velocity Girl
ReleasedJune 1994
RecordedDec. 1993 - Jan. 1994
GenreIndie rock, Indie pop
Length34:39
LabelSub Pop[1]
ProducerJohn Porter
Velocity Girl chronology
Copacetic
(1993) 		Simpatico
(1994) 		Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

¡Simpatico! is the second album by Velocity Girl.[7][8] It was released in June 1994.[9]

Compared to the band's debut album Copacetic, ¡Simpatico! showed more traditional indie pop/ power pop influences, rather than noisy shoegaze tendencies. "Sorry Again" was released as a single (via a CD EP with three non-album tracks, and a 7" with one non-album track). "What You Left Behind" features rare male lead vocals.

Production[edit]

The album was recorded at Cue Studios in Falls Church, Virginia, from December 27, 1993, to Jan 15, 1994. It was produced by John Porter.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Rolling Stone wrote that "the group manages to mop up the garage-band spills to reveal simple melodic constructions without washing away the music's defining layers."[6] Trouser Press wrote that ¡Simpatico! "has some great tunes but less of the atmosphere that makes the first album so riveting."[10] The Washington Post wrote: "Cleaner sounding and better focused, Simpatico! leaves behind the cacophonous lullabies of the band's early sound, largely derived from the dream-pop of such British bands as My Bloody Valentine."[9] Pitchfork called the album "classically styled near-British pop."[11] Entertainment Weekly deemed it "pleasant to the point of blandness," writing that "!Simpatico! is like a grungy Cranberries — without the hits."[4]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Sorry Again"
  2. "There's Only One Thing Left To Say"
  3. "Tripping Wires"
  4. "I Can't Stop Smiling"
  5. "The All-Consumer"
  6. "Drug Girls"
  7. "Rubble"
  8. "Labrador"
  9. "Hey You, Get Off My Moon"
  10. "Medio Core"
  11. "What You Left Behind"
  12. "Wake Up, I'm Leaving"

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Simpatico!". Sub Pop Records.
  2. ^ Simpatico at AllMusic
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 412.
  4. ^ a b "!Simpatico!". EW.com.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1194.
  6. ^ a b "Velocity Girl: Simpatico : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. December 4, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-04.
  7. ^ "Velocity Girl | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ DALEY, DAVID (26 September 1994). "VELOCITY GIRL'S POST-PUNK POP LIKE A QUICK TRIP BACK TO '80S". courant.com.
  9. ^ a b Jenkins, Mark (June 12, 1994). "POP RECORDINGS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  10. ^ "Velocity Girl". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Twee as Fuck - Page 3". Pitchfork.
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