ARTIST: The Satellite Program
TITLE: Adoration In Retreat
LABEL: CD Baby
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 43:37 min
SIZE: 62,4 MB
RIP DATE: Feb-26-2007
RELEASE DATE: Dec-06-2006
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Tough When You Tell Me 03:05
02. Farther Up and Farther In 02:59
03. Inside Man 02:29
04. Rollaway 04:50
05. Red Roses In The Snow 04:28
06. Protection 03:10
07. Unlisted 03:41
08. Wipeout By Decree 02:54
09. Western Electric 04:07
10. Keep Me Around 02:33
11. Coin-Op Proxy 02:47
12. Polychrome 04:23
13. Therapy 02:11
Release Notes:
"Singer/songwriter Mark Malone is literate and
intelligent, writing poetic and honest observations
without a cliche in the bunch. I liked the clever
Beatles allusions in 'Inside Man.' I like the
yearning and the sympathetic observations and just
the fact that Malone writes exactly what he feels
without falling into the smarmy or
pseudo-intellectual traps that a lot of
otherwise-smart songwriters fall into.
I like the raw feel. Most of the album was recorded
in a small basement with lots of packing blankets
and other makeshift studio gear, and it sounds like
it in the best possible way. There's a very
rebellious indie spirit in this music that I really
connect with. It feels like a small, out-of-the-way
Seattle bar on a rainy day.
We get smooth minor chords and some ballads that are
very vintage Bowie. Another plus is Malone's singing
û he has a quirky, cool voice that fits this style.
The picture that comes together is of jangly alt
rock/pop, very melodic, with solid guitar work by
Chris Ferreira and an earnest approach to
songwriting" -- Jennifer Layton, Indie-music.com
These 13 songs track a closely observed journey with
wry bemusement and unadorned longing. Behind the
deceptively cheery melodicism of cuts like "Keep Me
Around" and "Inside Man" lay a worldly reserve that
turns explicit in "Western Electric" and
"Protection." The mood swings from the misty
"Rollaway," riding a Northern railway that fades to
a dark, lonely horizon, to the boisterous Americana
bliss of "Coin-Op Proxy." The production,
unabashedly guitar-happy throughout, ranges from the
arena-struck "Red Roses In the Snow" to the intimate
living room weeper "Unlisted."
It's a satisfying trip, with songwriting that is
"literate and intelligent; à poetic and honest
observations without a cliche in the bunch."
(Indie-music.com).
The band members' influences range widely: Neil
Young, XTC, Jimmy Webb, The Beatles, Matthew Sweet,
Jon Brion, Jimmy Page, Wilco, Teenage Fanclub,
Richard Thompson, The Pretenders, Willis Alan
Ramsey.
The band is: Don Anderson, bass; Chris Ferreira,
guitars; Mark Malone, vocals, songwriter, guitar;
Marc Winters, drums ò Produced & mixed by Bruno
Modolo