Sometimes I just like to jump in the car with the camera, as I did last night after the rain. Sometimes people think I’m a terrorist as I have a thing for factories. This is Chandler Highway in Kew (Melbourne). For a highway it’s not that big. And anyone who attempts to cycle across it is purely mad.

If you’re reading this, then you are aware of the new Velvedene web site. It will have lots of new stuff that will hopefully be of interest!

The new version of the video “Fear your Gods has been uploaded and is now online.

It should be on the home page now thanks to Virb.

Here are a group of pics from the shoot down at the wharves.

Finally released the long awaited debut album “Carpet Bomb”

Velvedene came together in 2002 and are based in Melbourne, Australia. The line-up consists of James Weldon (lead vox, guitars), Cameron Stone (drums), Sean Allwood (guitars) and Sasha Stella (keys).
Dark, humerous, sometimes poingent, their debut CD “Carpet Bomb” reveals a range of influences such as Lloyd Cole, the Church and Lou Reed among others.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words of support (and constructive critiques) of our song for the socceroos “Kickin around the World”. Good luck to the winners Freedom of Thought, it should give their careers a bit of a boost. Also a big thank you to Melissa Mahoney for giving the song a plug on Spencer Howson’s morning show (ABC QLD). And thanks to Spencer for playing it!

Check out Melissa’s great songs here.

We’ve had one last go recording our soccer song, I think this is our best shot. Thanks to Gary Boehm for guitar and Derek Rowe for the backing vox. Also special thanks to John Ruberto at Crystal Mastering, he has done some nice work with it.

As this song is different in style from our other material, we are hoping to make it into a bit of a fundraiser for the earthquake victims in Java. Feel free to download the song.

If you like it please go to: Red Cross Donations