Velocity Girl Unearth Early Recordings, Share “Forgotten Favorite” from ‘1989 – 1992’ Comp

Velocity Girl have announced a new compilation that collects all their singles, flexis and other recordings made before signing to Sub Pop and releasing their debut album. 1989 – 1992 will be out August 28 via Slumberland. That includes all six songs from their 1993 self-titled EP on Slumberland which came in at #8 on our list of The 20 Best Shoegaze EPs of the early-’90s:

> While mainly known for its influential punk scene, Washington DC also had a thriving indie rock scene in the late ’80s and early-’90s that was heavily influenced by the UK’s C-86 scene and labels like Creation, Cherry Red and 4AD. Velocity Girl, in fact, were named for Primal Scream’s song on C-86, and played a similar style of very fuzzy janglepop. The group included former Black Tambourine member Archie Moore and, originally, Bridget Cross who, when she left to focus on Unrest, would be replaced by vocalist Sarah Shannon. The band’s gift for melody, and love of shambolic, noisy guitars, is evident on this EP that collects songs from three early 7″s. “My Forgotten Favorite,” which would turn up a few years later on the Clueless soundtrack, is the obvious standout (and arguably VG’s best song), but the other five songs are equally stellar.

The compilation also includes “Clock” which also featured Bridget Cross, a cover of The Jam’s “That’s Entertainment,” and four more songs.

You can listen to “Forgotten Favorite” below.

Velocity Girl 1989 – 1992

01 Clock

02 I Don’t Care If You Go

03 Always

04 Not At All

05 I Don’t Care If You Go (Acoustic)

06 I Know Exactly What You Mean

07 That’s Entertainment

08 What You Say

09 Tales of Brave Aphrodite

10 Forgotten Favorite

11 Why Should I Be Nice To You?

12 Warm/Crawl

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/velocity-girl-announce-1989-1992-early-recordings-comp-share-forgotten-favorite/)._