The Mission "Carved In Sand" COLOR:SEA BLUE Velocity Girl arose from a

Velocity Girl arose from a new pop underground that had been percolating in Washington

I’ve always been a very personal writer and this was originally a step away from that

considered to be among the founders of power pop

breaking the same Vevo record that “We Can’t Stop” did

The Mission "Carved In Sand" COLOR:SEA BLUE Velocity Girl arose from aReleased in 1990, Carved In Sand found The Mission hitting a real high point, both creatively and commercially. After a run of European festivals with The Cure in 1989, the band headed out on a low key Scottish Highlands tour and later took a headline slot at Reading before returning to the studio. Issued in February 1990, the album saw Tim Palmer back on production, with contributions from Reeves Gabrels, Baluji Shrivastav and Guy Chambers. Butterfly