''The Velveteen Age'' is an EP released by

Diane Birch Diane Birch (born January 24, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter. Early life Birch was born in Michigan. At the age of seven she began studying piano using the Suzuki method. While growing up she listened to opera, classical and church musi ...

with the

Phenomenal Handclap Band Phenomenal Handclap Band was formed in New York's East Village by producer Daniel Collás. Their first full-length record, '' Phenomenal Handclap Band'', featured such diverse talents as Aurelio Valle, Carol C, Jaleel Bunton, Jon Spencer, and ...

. It consists of covers of songs she enjoyed while growing up. Birch and the band re-imagined the dark eighties and nineties music with exuberance instead of melancholy, giving them the feel of seventies pop. The picture on the cover is Birch at age 16, wearing a vintage Victorian wedding dress.

Track listing

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External links

Diane Birch (official site)
2010 EPs Diane Birch albums S-Curve Records albums Covers EPs {{ep-stub