Yes I know, another factory. This is the APM paper factory in Fairfield Melbourne, soon to be de-commissioned.

Nice sunset as viewed from the Marina Hotel, Loch Sport

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.

Carpet Bomb! My most rewarding listening experience so far this year.
Here is an album that with its ebb and flow and distinctive atmosphere I found to be immediately engaging. An incessant tight strong drum beat greets you front and center. Utterly appealing guitars riffs waft in from the left and right channels. Lead vocals are hushed and subdued yet firm. Steady, strumming passages languidly roll by only to be beautifully punctuated by lead guitar, accordion, piano or sax. High echoing background vocals reaffirm chorus lines and add to the atmospherics. Emerging from underneath this beautifully arranged sound is an air of tragedy. Moods darken at times and lyrics have a barbed edge to them. Fear not though because here the tragedy is not the all absorbing “Alt. Country” kind. Here one becomes a detached observer skirting things like the “heat, blood and sweat of a car crash” (Track 7). The rhythms remain steady, they tranquilize and keep the heart rate in check. The mood stays …cool. Here is some “Alt. Rock” of the “Cool Tragedy” kind.

Cheers
David Stoeckel
Editor: SA Roots and Blues

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.