Thursday, May 20, 2004  

"Trading Crash for Seam."

Veronica Lake, "Threnody"
Veronica Lake, "In the Clouds"
from Threnody/In the Clouds 7-inch (Audrey's Diary, 1993)

Veronica Lake was my favorite band for about two years. They only did a few 7-inches and they appeared on a few comp CDs---such as the scene-documenting and royalty-free One Last Kiss from 1992 that launched the Spin Art label---but they never managed to make a full-length album. Perhaps the band's problem was that it kept hiring tin-earred recording engineers with names like Tony Whipple, or perhaps it was because two of the three bandmembers were "artistic types" and they couldn't quite get it together. Whatever the reasons, I still love this band with all my heart. These two songs feature indie-rock utility infielder Pam Berry (Black Tambourine and about 900 other bands) in duet with my main man Tim Sendra. The 7-inch was supposed to come out on Slumberland in 1992, but when that organization had some stability issues the powerhouse Audrey's Diary label swooped in and saved the music, forever....

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