The Speed of Sound with Kyle Meredith: Velvet Crush

If you were a 120 Minutes on MTV obsessive like I was, you’ll remember the band Velvet Crush. Their 1994 breakthrough, Teenage Symphonies To God, featured the song “Hold Me Up,” which got some great buzz bin play on the channel. These days, the duo spend their time backing Matthew Sweet in his band, but with 2016 marking their 25th anniversary, they gave their landmark album the deluxe treatment with a standalone disc of demos, lost takes, and live cuts called Pre-Teen Symphonies. I gave Ric Menck a call to get all of the details, and a little reminiscing.