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]

The Velveteen Age
EP by Diane Birch
Released	December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07)
Genre	Neo soul, pop,[1] gospel[2]
Length	30:01
Label	S-Curve
Producer	Steve Greenberg, Sean Marquand, Daniel Collás[3][4]
Diane Birch chronology
Bible Belt (2009) The Velveteen Age (2010) Speak a Little Louder (2013)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original performer	Length
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

1. Shragge, Ben (December 8, 2010). "Review: Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band, 'The Velveteen Age'". Cover Me. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
2. 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.
3. 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)
4. "The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch, The Phenomenal Handclap Band | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
5. Staples, Derek (December 2, 2010). "Diane Birch and The Phenomenal Handclap Band team up for covers EP". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
6. Rees, Alex (November 30, 2010). "Diane Birch Is In The Velveteen Age On Her New EP". Teen Vogue. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
7. Freedman, Sally J. (December 20, 2010). "Diane Birch: The Velveteen Age". Persephone Magazine. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
8. "Diane Birch Covers Echo & The Bunnymen". Popservations. December 12, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
9. "The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch, The Phenomenal Handclap Band". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

External links

• Diane Birch (official site)