Italian alt.country heroes SATELLITE INN have announced the release of a new digital single as a taster for their forthcoming new album. The single will be the band’s first release for The Delines’ label El Cortez Records.
Originally formed in the late 90s, when they toured the US with the backing of North Carolina label MoodFood, releasing the cult debut Cold Morning Songs, Satellite Inn reformed a couple of years ago releasing a widely acclaimed self-titled comeback album in 2024.
‘Faded By Time’, the forthcoming album’s first single is one of a raft of tracks produced by late Robert Fisher, mainstay of Boston alt.country pioneers Willard Grant Conspiracy
Satellite Inn had toured Italy as Fisher’s backing band at the start of the 21st Century, with the artist subsequently agreeing to produce tracks for a new Satellite Inn album. Four songs were recorded for MoodFood’s approval, but the label went bust before any movement on the album could be made. And with Fisher sadly passing away in 2017, the tapes continued to lay idle.
Following the release of Satellite Inn last year, the lost songs were rediscovered by the band, who felt the material was so inspiring that they decided to pay tribute to their old master, one of the greatest influences behind their music, and write a crop of new songs fit to finish the job started by Robert. Those early songs sounded so fresh and new that they became the backbone of the new record and now, the inaptly-titled ‘Faded By Time’ is at last ready to see the light of day.
The Debut album from The Delines “Colfax” releases this Spring. In stores April 28 in Europe on Decor Records and here in USA June 17 on El Cortez. Early birds will be able to get the digital version worldwide at the end of April. We will try to work out a pre-order before the band hits the road in June. Stay tuned.
Here is a quickie home movie we made so you would have something to stare at while listening to a cool song from our new album. These shots are from the tracking sessions at Type Foundry Studios.
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This season marks the release of Richmond Fontaine’s new album “We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River”. Only possible thanks to our partners: Decor in UK/Europe, ARRCO in USA and Nonzero in Australia.
Produced by JD Foster and Recorded by Larry Crane at Jackpot! this album represents RF at its apex. Willy Vlautin’s songwriting is better than ever and the band’s arrangements, everything from stadium rock to stripped down to nothing acoustic, accentuate the mood of the lyrics. The album opens with the title track, an easy bossa nova about a young couple trying to make an oasis out of an abandoned pool next to a freeway ramp. A short interlude leads to “You Can Move Back Here” a pop/rock plea to a friend to come back home to avoid being swallowed by the city. Next comes “The Boyfriends” a country/latin number that finds our protagonist realizing too late he has become what he hates. “The Pull” revolves around a man trying to quit the booze by taking up boxing, perhaps a little late in life, and features some fine cello and guitar work. Country rocker “Maybe We Were Both Born Blue” follows with a tale of a couple feeling they were born under a bad sign and features some tasty steel and guitar. Next is the near instrumental “Watch Out” a song with a simple message about heartbreak.
Side B (there will be vinyl) opens with “43” a rocker about a guy trying to stay afloat in a shitstorm and shows off some deadly dueling guitars. “Lonnie” starts off big and drops down low to describe a friend in danger of becoming a write-off or worse. The acoustic “Ruby and Lou” just makes me cry, must be the cello. A song without words “Walking Back to Our Place at 3 a.m.” lightens things up a bit with some nice guitar picking. The penultimate track “Two Alone” is a tour de force about a damaged goods couple barely hanging on to their relationship and the music is equally turbulent (watch out for this one in a live set). Finally the bittersweet “A Letter to the Patron Saint of Nurses”; This long time couple has settled into a nice groove (like the music) and though the excitement of young love seems like a memory, he knows she sees enough pain at work and is content to not cause her more at home.
This album will be available for download on the release date Aug 17. For now check out/download the hit single.
See Brad Beender’s video for “You Can Move Back Here”
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With The Saint Four, The premiere EP from The Saint Four releases tommorow. It will be available as a free download (you can donate if you must) and a limited edition CD.
Hot Damn! Here is the Free Download. You can even listen first.
