I had a hard time finding a picture of Velella Velella that did their live show justice. I mean, how do you capture the essence of such fun a show that even a sloth like me gets dancing? Its tricky, apparently.
But this is a given. Velella Velella will make you dance. Even you. Even me.
They've got roots in Spokane, as Andrew Means and Michael Burton strayed from the indie rock that they'd been playing and started working on a downtempoy experimentaly type of project with live instrumentation with analog gear (vibes, synths, wurly, among others) over sampled drum loops. As they moved to Seattle, a few members were added, and V.V. started incorporating vocals into their songs, which kept getting funkier, bouncier, dancier (danceyer?), hotter, funner, awesomer.
Their newer EP Flight Cub is five songs of soulful glory. Here's an MP3 of one of my favorites:
Velella Velella - Your Name Here
Velella Velella plays Thursday September 11 at the BLVD with Point Juncture, WA and La Cha Cha. Don't miss it.
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