Sunday, March 28, 2010

Veronica Lake - Emma Maybe

Here's something a little more obscure (I'm sure Gentle Despite would be amused at the thought of being less obscure than anyone, but at least they had the Sarah brand to prevent them sinking completely into the memory hole). Veronica Lake wouldn't have been out of place on Sarah, next to bands like Eternal and Secret Shine whose music also blended twee and shoegaze. They came out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and released music on a number of different labels - surprisingly not including Slumberland, who I would have thought would be a natural home for them given that Slumberland sort of patented the shoegazey twee sound in America - before vanishing into the ether some time in the early or mid 1990s.

This is a gorgeous track from a compilation 7" called Winter's Mist, on the Silver Girl label from San Diego.

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