Velocette Fourfold Remedy CD

North London's Velocette deliver stylish, '60s-tinged pop on their debut album Fourfold Remedy. Songs like "Someone's Waiting" and "Where Are We?" express the band's grasp on a wide range of styles, from haunting folky ballads to sly funk. Slow, pretty songs like "Reborn" and "Unkind" lend a cinematic feel to Fourfold Remedy, and the sweet-and-sultry vocals add the final, sophisticated touch. Velocette make their mark with this diverse and entertaining first effort. ~ Heather Phares

Debut;Four Fifths Of The Band "Comet Gain"

Recorded at Fortress II Studio, London, England from Spring-early Summer 1998.

Personnel: Sam Pluck (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bells); Anne Stephenson, Caroline Luckhurst, Gwen Cheeseman, Jonathon Truscott, Wendy Adams, Jane Pickup (violin); Sian Bell (cello); Cat Piears (clarinet); Pete Thomas (tenor saxophone); Annette Brown (cornet); Annie Whitehead (trombone); Jax Coombes (piano, Mellotron, vibraphone); Dan Swift (snare drum, percussion); Saul Rayson (snare drum); Matt Thompson (congas).

Recording information: Fortress II Studio, London, England (1998).

Velocette: Sarah Bleach (vocals, claves, vibraslap); Sam Pluck (acoustic & electric guitars, harp, piano, vibraphone, glockenspiel, tambourine, shakers, bells, guiro); Jax Coombes (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, harmonium, Hammond B-3 organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, vibraphone, bass, cowbell, background vocals).

Additional personnel: Dan Swift (vocals, drums, monkey drum, percussion, shakers, castanets, tambourine); Jane Pickup, Gwen Cheeseman, Wendy Adams, Caroline Luckhurst, Jonathan Truscott, Anne Stephenson (violin); Stan Bell (cello); Pete Thomas (flute, tenor saxophone); Cat Piears (clarinet); Annette Brown (cornet); Annie Whitehead (trombone); Mike Rowe (Hammond B-3 organ); Saul Rayson (drums); Matt Thompson (congas, bongos, shakers, triangle, percussion); Sarah Matthews (background vocals).

Spin (5/99, p.149) - "...dreams of Nico--but they're not players, they just Lush a lot..."
Alternative Press (6/99, p.115) - 3 (out of 5) - "...one of those wonderfully twee British mod combos whose music drifts by unnoticed time and time again, only to hook you later with its unforgettable choruses..."
CMJ (5/3/99, p.29) - "...Lush brass and string arrangements raise this debut album's simple beauty to grandiose levels of lovliness, further fluffed-up by organs, shakers and a little bit of xylophone..."