Last month, Sub Pop announced the release of Velocity Girl’s UltraCopacetic (Copacetic Remixed and Expanded), an updated and expanded reissue of the beloved indie-rock band’s long out-of-print 1993 debut album.
 
Velocity Girl’s UltraCopacetic (Copacetic Remixed and Expanded) will be available on CD/2xLP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP Preorders are available in North America at the Sub Pop Mega Mart, in the UK and Europe at Mega Mart 2, and at your local record store. The first vinyl pressing is on opaque red vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies worldwide.
 
Velocity Girl has also scheduled two shows in support of UltraCopacetic for the fall of 2024, including Friday, October 25 in Los Angeles at The Teragram Ballroom and Saturday, November 23 in Washington, DC at Black Cat.
 
Velocity Girl were one of the leading lights of 1990s indie-pop, fusing the hooks of Britpop with the fuzzy guitars of shoegaze. The updated UltraCopacetic release features a new, band-approved mix, a full album of bonus tracks compiling singles, outtakes, and the band’s 1993 Peel Session. All of the music has been freshly mastered by Golden Mastering, and the package includes extensive liner notes from the band.
 
Velocity Girl formed in 1989 or so at the University of Maryland outside Washington DC, and shortly thereafter settled on the lasting lineup of guitarist Archie Moore (Black Tambourine), guitarist Brian Nelson (Black Tambourine), drummer Jim Spellman (Starry Eyes, Foxhall Stacks, High Back Chairs, Julie Ocean, Piper Club), bassist Kelly Riles (Starry Eyes), and singer Sarah Shannon (Starry Eyes, The Not Its). The band combined English-inspired noisy shoegaze fuzz with scrappy US indie rock and classic ‘60s-style pop songwriting. A killer single on Slumberland and non-stop touring grabbed the attention of the indie-rock cognoscenti of the day, and, following a heated courtship involving both dinner AND dessert, Velocity Girl signed a contract on a car hood in Hoboken, New Jersey, making Sub Pop their home (read more at Sub Pop).

Photo by John Falls.