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Velocity Girl Was An American Indie Rock Band Formed In 1989 In College Park Maryland. While Much 1990s Rock Music Featured An Abrasive Vocal And Instrumental Style Velocity Girl's Later Sound Was Melodic And Typically Featured "clean" Non-Distorted Electric Guitar Sounds. Thus The Group's Music Was Closer To A "pop" Than A "rock" Aesthetic. Initially However Velocity Girl Was Playing With Their Shoegaze Influences And On Their First Seven Inches On Slumberland And Merge As Well As Their First Sub Pop Album "Copacetic". The Group Was Fronted By A Female Singer Sarah Shannon Original Lead Singer Bridget Cross Left To Join Unrest And Featured Both Female And Male Vocals Sometimes Simultaneously. In The Group's Recordings Shannon's Voice Had A Light Airy Quality With A Slight Vibrato. The Band Took Its Name From A Primal Scream B-Side. Velocity Girl Released Three Recordings On The Sub Pop Label Copacetic 1993 Simpatico 1994 And Gilded Stars And Zealous Hearts 1996 . Velocity Girl Disbanded In October 1996 Although A Reunion Show Was Played In 2002 To Benefit Original Singer Cross . Sarah Shannon Kelly Riles And Jim Spellman Reunited In A Short-Lived Project Called Starry Eyes Which Released A Single EP Starry Eyes 1997 Radiopaque . Guitarist Archie Moore Went On To Form The Heartworms And The Saturday People. Sarah Shannon Currently 2002-2007 Records As A Solo Artist.

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