Some Velvet Sidewalk were contemporaries of Beat Happening in the late 80s/early 90s Pacific Northwest scene. Not surprisingly, K Records released most of their recordings. They shared Beat Happening's minimalist approach to rock, but Some Velvet Sidewalk were a bit more... there is no way to candy coat this... talented. Even then, it took SVS a couple albums to really get their stride. Whirlpool is my personal favorite album of theirs. It was certainly heavier than their earlier releases, but it was also more sprawling in its sound and tighter in its performance. No doubt this was thanks in large part to production by Steve Fisk.
If you like slightly atonal, sometimes noisy and droning, occassionally childlike, but ultimately melodic indie rock typical of the early K Records persuasion, check it out.
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