The Velveteen Age
The Velveteen Age is an EP released by Diane Birch with the Phenomenal Handclap Band. It consists of covers of songs she enjoyed while growing up.[5][6][7] Birch and the band re-imagined the dark eighties and nineties music with exuberance instead of melancholy, giving them the feel of seventies pop.[1] The picture on the cover is Birch at age 16, wearing a vintage Victorian wedding dress.[8]
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| Released | December 7, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Neo soul, pop,[1] gospel[2] | |||
| Length | 30:01 | |||
| Label | S-Curve | |||
| Producer | Steve Greenberg, Sean Marquand, Daniel Collás[3][4] | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original performer | Length |
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| 1. | "This Corrosion" | Andrew Eldritch | The Sisters of Mercy | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Kiss Them for Me" | Susan Ballion, Peter Edward Clarke, Martin McCarrick, Steven Severin | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Bring On the Dancing Horses" | Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas | Echo & the Bunnymen | 4:32 |
| 4. | "Atmosphere" | Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Ian Curtis | Joy Division | 5:03 |
| 5. | "Primary" | Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Laurence "Lol" Tolhurst | The Cure | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Tarantula" | Martyn Young, Ian Robbins | This Mortal Coil | 4:25 |
| 7. | "A Strange Kind of Love" | Peter Murphy | Peter Murphy | 4:27[9] |
| Total length: | 30:01 | |||
References
- Shragge, Ben (December 8, 2010). "Review: Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band, 'The Velveteen Age'". Cover Me. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
- Martens, Todd (November 29, 2010). "Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division as modern gospel? Hear Diane Birch's take". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- The Velveteen Age (CD liner). Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band. United States: S-Curve. 2010.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - "The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch, The Phenomenal Handclap Band | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- Staples, Derek (December 2, 2010). "Diane Birch and The Phenomenal Handclap Band team up for covers EP". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- Rees, Alex (November 30, 2010). "Diane Birch Is In The Velveteen Age On Her New EP". Teen Vogue. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- Freedman, Sally J. (December 20, 2010). "Diane Birch: The Velveteen Age". Persephone Magazine. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- "Diane Birch Covers Echo & The Bunnymen". Popservations. December 12, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- "The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch, The Phenomenal Handclap Band". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
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