“If there's a touch of irony anywhere on this record, it's in the cover art. A rather playful series of references to the Velvet Underground, it puts the reverence for rock and roll's past that Velvet Crush mainmen Ric Menck and Paul Chastain on full display, but it turns out they chose the wrong band to pay homage to. The Velvet Underground were all fiery confrontation, restless exploration and ur”