The Tough Alliance Have Vodka In Their Veins
The seminal cassette compilation C86, released by the NME back in 1986, has a lot of personal indiepop faves on its tracklist (Miaow, the Shop Assistants, the Close Lobsters), and it opens with Primal Scream’s “Velocity Girl.” It’s a slip of a song about a girl with too many indulgences and too many demands, and it has a guitar solo that can rightfully be described as sublime (you can hear echoes of it in “There She Goes” by the La’s). Somehow, I missed that the Swedish electro duo The Tough Alliance covered the track on their 2004 EP Holiday, with the original’s big, puffy clouds of guitar replaced by splayed-out synth lines. In case you haven’t heard the original, it’s after the jump.
The seminal cassette compilation C86, released by the NME back in 1986, has a lot of personal indiepop faves on its tracklist (Miaow, the Shop Assistants, the Close Lobsters), and it opens with Primal Scream’s “Velocity Girl.” It’s a slip of a song about a girl with too many indulgences and too many demands, and it has a guitar solo that can rightfully be described as sublime (you can hear echoes of it in “There She Goes” by the La’s). Somehow, I missed that the Swedish electro duo The Tough Alliance covered the track on their 2004 EP Holiday, with the original’s big, puffy clouds of guitar replaced by splayed-out synth lines. In case you haven’t heard the original, it’s after the jump.
The Tough Alliance – Velocity Boy [YouTube via offnotesnotes] Primal Scream – Velocity Girl [YouTube]
