Velour 100 - Flourish

[@tso1157]

1996, Ypsilanti, Michigan... Jeremy's apartment on Olive St... great days, great music, amazing people in this band!

[@connermal]

I'm actually listening to them right now! Got a copy of their first demo CASSETTE from a friend of mine when they traveled to Indiana for a small show. Ahh those were the days.

[@eole123456789]

There is a real sense of innocence in their music (I guess the singer's voice isn't stranger to that feeling). I was introduced to them through a girl who passed me an audiocassette (other side was a certain band named PedroTheLion - nice name). I used to put it on a loop (hey no skipping tracks back then) and rave on it with my teenage eyes wide open. I was far from being crazy about them but couldn't help but find them bewitching. The girl presented them to me as "protestant rock music" so I kind of always pictured them as strong believers. The album is uneven but there is like a trilogy with "Joy", "Turn in time" and "Your Sky" that just propels me into hyperspace.

[@00dalma]

Beautiful music. Thank you to share

[@metalpsalm]

This album is just soooo good! I saw them live @ Cornerstone 1999 or 2000. It was so funny, because the singer would begin to nod her head to the beat just before singing. She also drank from this huge water bottle (it was really hot out) with both hands. It looked like a baby holding it's own bottle. It was very quirky.

[@sutr0569]

Damn dude you made this comment 10 YEARS ago that's crazy

[@webdrude]

i miss them. was so fortunate to see them a couple times, once at the Blind Pig. they were from Ypsilanti, and played in Ann Arbor often. I'm pretty sure Trey Many was the creator and glue of the band. I remember reading that he could sing, but felt his lyrics would be more fitting and beautiful with a female voice. They had several different lead singers over time. i also recommend Morella's Forest, similar sound but shifted toward pop from shoegaze.

[@webdrude]

If I recall, Amon left the band for other projects, and Trey had moved to Seattle area. that was over 15 years ago, though.

[@Quemaqua]

I have several Morella's Forest CDs as well. I believe MF's lead singer also recorded on one of Velour 100's albums, though it's been so long I forget the details.

[@webdrude]

@@Quemaqua Sydney Rentz. I may have some of my info from last comment confused. www.bigbeef.com/morellasforest/bio.htm

[@12rockandrollforever]

awesome song

[@Panchoroy]

I remeber this group like went through 3 to 4 singers. She's my Fav and this album was a gem.

[@TyroneLoganMusic]

Thank you for posting this. It took me years to find the band and name because I watched this video on a compilation. I am not sure if the copy I made is good anymore, but I knew it was the right song once I saw the band name. Thanks again for sharing.

[@Quemaqua]

Just glad I could be of service! :)

[@rogerhil]

Thanks a lot for that video, I was looking for that video for so long time.

[@lostinpark4782]

when i was younger i loved tooth an nail records... but i preferred solid state , i lived for heavy metal and hardcore, i thought this music was garbage.... 17 years later i listen to 50/50 metal and music like this... velour 100 played a show 30 miles from my small town in the middle of no where and i didn't go... looking back i wish i went to that show, i never gave this bad the credit they deserved

[@Quemaqua]

lostinpark I listened to probably 50/50 back then and eventually came to listen to a lot more metal than anything else, but I always had a real fondness for Velour 100 and some of the other bands from that era. Morella's Forest, Starflyer 59, Driver Eight, etc. Reminded me of my days as a young man, I guess. These days I listen to all kinds of stuff, but there's a special place in my heart for this weird little collective of Christian music from the 90s and early aughts.

[@MiguelDLewis]

Thank you for posting this. You're awesome.

[@Quemaqua]

Thanks! And you're quite welcome.

[@connermal]

How I wish I could get the original raw tracks of this song, I'd love to re-mix it...

[@FormerEvil]

I'm wondering how it would sound if you did a remix/remaster according to the band on the albums liking.

[@it_always_ends_this_way]

Amon's post-Velour EP - kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6Dbo3uKfNt8oJI

[@Quemaqua]

Thought I thanked you for posting that before, but apparently I didn't. Thank you! I'd heard about it at one point and then never saw any mention of it ever again until you posted it. Very grateful!

[@it_always_ends_this_way]

You are most welcome! I finally tracked down a digital copy of their original "Rainwater" cassette, which is earlier and contains a few different songs than the Tooth & Nail-released "Songs From the Rainwater EP". I'll look into getting that posted at some point as well.

[@chaseevis4739]

thanks for posting this.

[@tofuleg]

Nice. I never knew this video existed. So great.

[@edwinmusic3727]

I love it!!!!!!!!

[@leamanc]

And also, Trey had a band called Liquorice that Warn produced and 4AD did pick up. However, they passed on Velour 100. I think that may say something about the artistic quality of Velour 100, because Ivo (4AD founder and president at the time) was totally into most everything HNIA related. He even dedicated the This Mortal Coil boxset to Warn, so he obviously thought a lot of him.

[@chadfox1815]

She so beautiful she drives me crazy

[@-S2]

so nice

[@carbonkid87]

Is it the anniversary of this video? Isn't from 1999?

[@Quemaqua]

You might well be right, but I am this point far too old to answer this question with any degree of confidence.

[@leamanc]

Yeah, this is all true. Velour 100 was Trey Many's band (Trey was the drummer during HNIA's best period). Karin (HNIA's best singer ever by far) did sing some on the last Velour 100 album. I do love HNIA, Karin, 4AD and shoegaze too. I just always thought Velour 100 was a little too derivative. Heck, even the cover of Fall Sounds is a rip-off of Galaxie 500's Today album cover.

[@diegosalinasgardon3229]

[@moominmaldoror]

:D :D

[@leamanc]

Wow, the biggest American rip-off of 4AD and shoegaze since the Lilys' first album! I tease, I tease...well actually, it's true, but I like Fall Sounds anyway. Great work on posting this vid; I always wondered what the mysterious Amon looked like.