Pitchfork: Former Velocity Girl Singer Goes Solo

Former Velocity Girl Singer Goes Solo
Simpatico! was the Believo! of the 90s

Former Velocity Girl vocalist Sarah Shannon is in the midst of preparing her first-ever solo album. Blake Wescott, who mixed Pedro the Lion's Winners Never Quit album will be manning the boards for her debut. Shannon's also planning to tour behind the as-yet-untitled release in the early months of 2002, possibly starting in February.

It's been over five years since Velocity Girl disbanded. The band started out on the Washington D.C. scene in the early 90s and released a number of albums, including Copacetic and Simpatico!, the latter yielding the college rock staple "Sorry Again." Their final release came with 1996's Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts, whose timing was perfect to receive one of the first-ever Pitchfork reviews, in which listeners were advised to "pick up the old and dig into the new stuff later, alligator," as we "[didn't] want you kids gettin' no salty opinions." Trust us, it's not worth reading.

Velocity Girl are often remembered for sounding bright and happy in a time when grungy guitars and heroin were like, it, man! The members went onto a number of different projects, including the Heartworms, the Nord Express, and the Saturday People.