The Velveteen Age

The Velveteen Age
EP by
Diane Birch
ReleasedDecember 7, 2010 (2010-12-07)
GenreNeo soul, pop,[1] gospel[2]
Length30:01
LabelS-Curve
ProducerSteve Greenberg, Sean Marquand, Daniel Collás[3][4]
Diane Birch chronology
Bible Belt
(2009) 		The Velveteen Age
(2010) 		Speak a Little Louder
(2013)

The Velveteen Age is an EP released by Diane Birch with the Phenomenal Handclap Band. It consists of covers of songs she enjoyed while growing up.[5][6][7] Birch and the band re-imagined the dark eighties and nineties music with exuberance instead of melancholy, giving them the feel of seventies pop.[1] The picture on the cover is Birch at age 16, wearing a vintage Victorian wedding dress.[8]

  1. ^ a b Shragge, Ben (December 8, 2010). "Review: Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band, 'The Velveteen Age'". Cover Me. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Martens, Todd (November 29, 2010). "Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division as modern gospel? Hear Diane Birch's take". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  3. ^ The Velveteen Age (CD liner). Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band. United States: S-Curve. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch, The Phenomenal Handclap Band | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  5. ^ Staples, Derek (December 2, 2010). "Diane Birch and The Phenomenal Handclap Band team up for covers EP". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  6. ^ Rees, Alex (November 30, 2010). "Diane Birch Is In The Velveteen Age On Her New EP". Teen Vogue. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  7. ^ Freedman, Sally J. (December 20, 2010). "Diane Birch: The Velveteen Age". Persephone Magazine. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  8. ^ "Diane Birch Covers Echo & The Bunnymen". Popservations. December 12, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2017.