The Velveteen Age Explained

The Velveteen Age
Type:	EP
Artist:	Diane Birch
Cover:	Diane Birch - The Velveteen Age.jpg
Genre:	Neo soul, pop, gospel^[1]
Label:	S-Curve
Producer:	Steve Greenberg, Sean Marquand, Daniel Collás^[2] ^[3]
Prev Title:	Bible Belt
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	Speak a Little Louder
Next Year:	2013

The Velveteen Age is an EP released by Diane Birch with the Phenomenal Handclap Band. It consists of covers of songs she enjoyed while growing up.^{[4] [5] [6]} Birch and the band re-imagined the dark eighties and nineties music with exuberance instead of melancholy, giving them the feel of seventies pop.^[7] The picture on the cover is Birch at age 16, wearing a vintage Victorian wedding dress.^[8]

External links

• Diane Birch (official site)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division as modern gospel? Hear Diane Birch's take . Los Angeles Times . November 29, 2010 . March 1, 2017 . Martens, Todd.
2. The Velveteen Age . Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band . 2010 . CD liner . S-Curve . United States.
3. Web site: The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch, The Phenomenal Handclap Band Credits . AllMusic . March 1, 2017.
4. Web site: Diane Birch and The Phenomenal Handclap Band team up for covers EP . Consequence of Sound . December 2, 2010 . September 11, 2018 . Staples, Derek.
5. Web site: Diane Birch Is In The Velveteen Age On Her New EP . Teen Vogue . November 30, 2010 . March 1, 2017 . Rees, Alex.
6. Web site: Diane Birch: The Velveteen Age . Persephone Magazine . December 20, 2010 . March 1, 2017 . Freedman, Sally J..
7. Web site: Review: Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band, 'The Velveteen Age' . Cover Me . December 8, 2010 . January 7, 2011 . Shragge, Ben.
8. Web site: Diane Birch Covers Echo & The Bunnymen . Popservations . December 12, 2010 . March 1, 2017.