Velvet Crush

With an album title alluding to a quote Brian Wilson made about his music, it's no surprise that this 1994 record delivers in the harmony department. What might surprise is the wealth of strong songs, some covers ("Why Not Your Baby"), some not ("Time Wraps Around You" -- that really push this album for just power-pop revisionism into one of the great guitar pop records.

Armed with three chords and the truth, certain bands have the ability to reinvent rock
music, invigorating tired riffs and rhythms with freshness of spirit. Velvet Crush would like
to be such an outfit, bringing modern listeners the sweet sounds of the '60s guitar pop that
fueled the band's youthful daydreams. In actuality, the inspiration for Velvet Crush's
second album, Teenage Symphonies to God, originates two steps removed from t... More >