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Ex-Velocity Girl vocalist Sarah Shannon may have decelerated a bit musically since the quiet demise of that much-loved D.C. band in 1996, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been busy. Gal's just turned her attention to the finer things in life: love, marriage, house-buying, baby-making, and idle strolls down city streets. "I know it sounds very domestic and mundane," quoth Shannon in a press release, "but to me it feels very rich, and that perspective informed these new songs."

New songs, eh? That's right: Sarah, who issued her self-titled solo debut via Casa Recording Company in 2002, will follow-up it up at last come February 20 with new LP City Morning Song. Cosmopolitan pop mecca Minty Fresh Records has kindly offered to deliver the 12-song set, which was produced by Martin Feveyear (Mark Lanegan, Crooked Fingers, Rosie Thomas).

While Sarah no longer traffics in lush noise, she does still have a honey of a voice and a keen ear for pop, both of which feature prominently in City Morning Song's opener and title track. Download it exclusively by clicking the mp3 link below.

City Morning Song:

01 City Morning Song
02 Along the Way
03 Near and Far
04 Fading Heart
05 On and On
06 Shiny Little Song
07 Salton Sea
08 Postwar Hope
09 Sunlit Smile
10 Hey Heartache
11 Watch Over You
12 All We Will Be