Go Fever - Velvet Fist [CD]

GO FEVER is an Austin band fronted by Australian singer Acey Monaro.

Since 2017, the band has racked up nearly every local accolade they can: Austin American Statesman "Artist of the Month," regular airplay and dozens of features on tastemaker station KUTX, and rave reviews from The Austin Chronicle.

During the pandemic lockdown of 2020, the band had the fortune of going into Radio Milk Studios (home of Austin band White Denim) and recording a new full-length record with in-house producer Jim Vollentine.

The result - Velvet Fist - is a blistering affair, channeling the band's penchant for concise, witty pop songs into some new sonic textures.

The lead off track "NYE15" finds the band rocking more than ever, while the single "Armagosa," co-written and featuring James Petralli on guitar, shares more than a hint of Petralli's White Denim melodic jam sensibilities. Monaro's songwriting and singing are also in top form as witnessed on her forceful, pliable performance on second single "Long Run":

Please dont idolise these friends who live fast and die old
Romanticising sad dead men and if I may be so bold
They wont contribute a great thing to the canon of rock and roll
That theyre so devoted to

Dont give up the ghost, Hank, if theres one thing you can bank on
Its that the albatross eventually rots and falls away from
Your neck thats still so young

And Im not tellin you not to have fun, but youve been sprintin for a while
And its a long run

Velvet Fist is available on limited edition blue/mauve swirled vinyl with lyric insert, and compact disc.

1. NYE15 2. Long Run 3. FYI 4. Amargosa 5. Deep End 6. Cull Yr Idols 7. Garden Variety 8. Boys In Town 9. TGIF

• Internal ID: JITRE
• Genre: Rock
• Format: CD
• Format Detail: CD digi-wallet
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 10/8/21
• Released: 10/8/21
• Format Detail: CD digi-wallet
• Format: CD
• Genre: Rock