The Vels has been played on NTS in shows including Kiss Cafe w/ Piper Durabo, featured first on 1 December 2017. Songs played include Souvenirs, House Of Miracles and Hieroglyphics.

The Vels were a popular new wave/synthpop band comprising Alice DeSoto, Charles Hanson, and Chris Larkin formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were a prominent fixture on the Philadelphia music scene in the early 1980s. Their notoriety grew to the point that they caught the attention of Mercury Records and were signed.

In 1985 and 1986, The Vels toured the world as the opening act for The Psychedelic Furs.

They released two albums under the Mercury label, but…