London quartet Veronica Falls‘ self-titled 2011 debut album introduced a band with a deceptively simple proposition: take the sweetness, immediacy and melodic rush of classic pop and indie pop, then let something darker seep through the cracks. Now, fifteen years on, Veronica Falls returns — in deluxe form with an album’s worth of bonus tracks — as a reminder of just how potent that original formula was: beautiful, bruised, and instantly memorable.
The anniversary reissue includes a bonus disc gathering nine recordings from the same period. Side C brings together five cover versions, the Rolling Stones’ “Under My Thumb”, Slumber Party’s “Sooner Or Later”, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band’s “Eighteen Is Over the Hill”, Eurythmics’ “Thorn in My Side” and The Verlaines’ “Joed Out”.while Side D collects four B-sides from the band’s early singles, rounding out a collection that reflects both the breadth of their influences and the distinctive sensibility that ran through their work. Out December 4th on Slumberland and November 27th via Bella Union
Veronica Falls‘ Legendary Debut Album Gets Expanded Reissue
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