Sun in the Satellite

Bio:

From City Pages, Minneapolis MN -

Sun in the Satellite dirtied their boots among local rock and psych acts the Screens, the Idle Hands, and Colfax Abbey. But their current endeavor is a different creature, eschewing the urge to be radio-friendly by clutching weirdo atmospherics in a firm handshake. Though Sun in the Satellite opt for six-minute psychedelic excursions instead of three-minute whiz-bangers, for them, it's the correct choice. Each song is a delicately crafted study in the ebb and flow of emotion, with its pleasure/pain squalls building up to slowly cascading relief. The local three-piece sets upon its path like a wandering mystic, seemingly chanting whatever notes it stumbles upon until a new revelation knocks into it, revealing the next card in the rhythmic-drone Rolodex. With a bit of behind-the-scenes wizardry, the layers coalesce to create a complex and alluring desert mirage you'd rather take as reality.

"The Way" 7" review from Impose Magazine:

Our next bunch of astral orbiters are fuzzed out trio Sun in the Satellite, who's debut nod is "The Way" b/w "Wait to Fall". These boys specialize in an altogether rougher-hewn brand of psych that nods towards bands like Teenage Filmstars and Catherine, where there's more dirt than paisley caked in the chords, vocals are mired in gobs of reverb and just the slightest twitch sends 'em reaching for their pedalboards to scorch their tunes in a wash of rocket-fire. Perhaps their most natural antecedents are Swervedriver, whose road-burned brand of space-rock is clearly the template for "The Way"'s brooding tension and penchant for phaser-happy ruminations about the minutia of normal life as seen through the cracks of an electron telescope, culminating in a tribal, almost industrial-sounding coda that ends up sounding strangely desolate. The flipside seems to pick-up exactly where Side A left off, as "Wait to Fall" begins life all alone on a barren moon of Jupiter, before eventually jettisoning for parts unknown via looped synths, gradually swelling starburst FX eruptions and a fragile vocal line that's forced to toughen up as it winds its way through the track's barrage of otherworldly incantations. Definitely a great start from a band that's got the potential to be standing atop the space-rock heap in no time. .. .. ..

Member Since:

February 26, 2009

Members:

Matthew Westby: Guitar & Vocal
Shane D. Kramer: Bass & Vocal
Scott Weller: Drums & Vocal

Influences:

The Verve, Dead Meadow, Acid Mothers Temple. Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, Spiritualized, Sea and Cake, Air, Maserati, CAN, Black Angels, Bark Psychosis, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Low, Grand Archives, Rogue Wave, Caribou, Retribution Gospel Choir, Boris, Stars, Chairlift, Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Radiohead, Slowdive, The Warlocks, Trans-Am

Record Label:

mpls ltd