Sub Pop are releasing Velocity Girl’s UltraCopacetic (Copacetic Remixed and Expanded), an updated and expanded reissue of the indie-rock band’s long out-of-print 1993 debut album. Today, they are sharing “Copacetic (Peel Session version),” a previously unreleased version of the album’s title track from Velocity Girl’s 1993 session with legendary English DJ John Peel. Velocity Girl has also scheduled two shows in support of UltraCopacetic for the fall of 2024, including Friday, October 25th in Los Angeles at The Teragram Ballroom and Saturday, November 23rd in Washington, DC at Black Cat.

Velocity Girl were one of the first North American bands to combine indie-pop, hooks of Britpop with the fuzzy guitars of shoegaze. The updated UltraCopacetic release features a new, band-approved mix, a full album of bonus tracks compiling singles, outtakes, and the band’s 1993 Peel Session. All of the music has been freshly mastered by Golden Mastering, and the package includes extensive liner notes from the band.

Velocity Girl formed in 1989 or so at the University of Maryland outside Washington DC, and shortly thereafter settled on the lasting lineup of guitarist Archie Moore (Black Tambourine), guitarist Brian Nelson (Black Tambourine), drummer Jim Spellman (Starry Eyes, Foxhall Stacks, High Back Chairs, Julie Ocean, Piper Club), bassist Kelly Riles (Starry Eyes), and singer Sarah Shannon (Starry Eyes, The Not Its).

Velocity Girl
UltraCopacetic (Copactic Remixed and Expanded)
Tracklisting
Sub Pop Records

1. Pretty Sister
2. Crazy Town
3. Copacetic
4. Here Comes
5. Pop Loser
6. Living Well
7. A Chang
8. Audrey’s Eyes
9. Lisa Librarian
10. 57 Waltz
11. Candy Apples
12. Catching Squirrels
13. Warm/Crawl
14. Creepy
15. Stupid Thing
16. Even Die
17. Here Comes (Peel Session version)
18. Always (Peel Session version)
19. Crazy Town (Peel Session version)
20. 57 Waltz (Peel Session version)
21. Copacetic (Peel Session version)

Pre order UltraCopacetic (Copactic Remixed and Expanded) by Velocity Girl HERE