The Satellite Years

The Satellite Years

Editorial Reviews
Shoutweb, October 2002
This album is incredible from start to finish...

Product Description
A fan of the Hopesfall sound would notice their ubiquitous mixture of dissonance and melody - interlocking complicated changes in mood as well as key. Think somewhere between Thursday, Cave In and Poison The Well mixed with influences in contemporary rock. Vocalist Jay Forrest combines deep throated growls within layers of sweet sounding vocals to bring new depths to the music of "The Satellite Years". The intricate guitar work is matched by no other band in the genre. Hopesfall set themselves above the "hardcore" crowd with their unique sound and energetic live show - which lead audiences through a range of emotions. "The Satellite Years" will prove to be a breakthrough record for Hopesfall - transcending most releases this year. Produced by Matt Talbott of Hum fame and mixed by Keith Cleversley (Hum, Spiritualized, The Flaming Lips), Hopesfall and "The Satellite Years" have raised the bar in hardcore to a new level for all bands to follow. Even the intricate and inspiring album art work of "The Satellite Years" will turn heads.

The Satellite Years

Tracks:

Andromeda
Waitress
Dead In Magazines
Dana Walker
Decoys Like Curves
A Man Exits
Redshift
Only The Clouds
Escape Pod For Intangibles
The Bending

Album Description

A fan of the Hopesfall sound would notice their ubiquitous mixture of dissonance and melody - interlocking complicated changes in mood as well as key. Think somewhere between Thursday, Cave In and Poison The Well mixed with influences in contemporary rock. Vocalist Jay Forrest combines deep throated growls within layers of sweet sounding vocals to bring new depths to the music of "The Satellite Years". The intricate guitar work is matched by no other band in the genre. Hopesfall set themselves above the "hardcore" crowd with their unique sound and energetic live show - which lead audiences through a range of emotions. "The Satellite Years" will prove to be a breakthrough record for Hopesfall - transcending most releases this year. Produced by Matt Talbott of Hum fame and mixed by Keith Cleversley (Hum, Spiritualized, The Flaming Lips), Hopesfall and "The Satellite Years" have raised the bar in hardcore to a new level for all bands to follow. Even the intricate and inspiring album art work of "The Satellite Years" will turn heads.

Customer Reviews:

love.......2006-10-06

I have loved this album for many years now and will proceed into loving it for many years to come. This album has everything anyone could ask for in its content, hardcore, ambiance, punk, indie, experimental, thrash, and plain old rock. The opening song "andromeda" is an amazing beginning to an album which in my view is one of the most important things to any record. The track being purely instrumental, progressive but with a real mood setting power, it provides just enough "umph" to kick start the amazing journey of the album. Jay Forest's vocals are fierce and emotional same goes for his lyrics, ranging from raw screams to surrounding singing. How a band can produce such a heavy, thrashy, and hardcore sound but hand in hand with a melodic, beautiful, progressive sound shows to me great musicianship. The album artwork is produced by graphic designer/artist Chandler Owen and adds to the emperor of albums that this is and is greatly loved by myself and is seen as greatly influential to me being a graphic designer. If anyone is to ever ask me a recommendation for an album the first one that comes into my head every time is "the satellite years" I think it has something for everyone and even though I have listened to it so much that another cd I would listen to this amount would surely loose its touch this still manages to raise the hairs on the back of my neck every time. Buy this album because I love it to bits.

Emotional, Melodic, and Atmospheric.......2006-02-15

The musicianship really shines on this album. From everything to the intricate instrumentation, to the perfected use of the hard/soft contrast, to the raging vocals leading into a soft and melodic outro, this album really sets the mood for just about every mood there is. Before this album, I would have never called an album "atmospheric," but that seems to be the best word to describe it. I could go on and on about it, but there are plenty of preceding reviews which have covered it. The main point of my review is this: ever since I heard this album I have been in search of other albums which are similar to "The Satellite Years" in creating "atmospheric" moods, basically other albums similar in musicianship, emotion, and melody. I have searched a long time for albums which I can rate worthy to be compared to "The Satellite Years" and for all of the other fans out there who are looking for themselves, I am going to share what are, in my opinion, the other 7 essential albums to own if you are a die hard fan of this album.
And here they are:

1. Hopesfall - No Wings To Speak Of: But of course this would be first. This EP is a must for any fan of "The Satellite Years" and Hopesfall. Listen to "The End Of An Era" to see why.

2. Taken - Between Two Unseens: Although only a five song EP, their last recording, this album is among the closest you can get to "The Satellite Years" without actually being it. This should be the first album you get if you're looking for something like "The Satellite Years." Listen to "Eternity Was On Our Lips"

3. Naiad - Hardcore Emotion: This is a Japanese hardcore band who recorded this album and I believe either disbanded or their vocalist left. However, the title of this album says it all. Although much heavier than "The Satellite Years" this also five track EP uses a lot of melodic and mood-setting instrumentation. This album is emotionally and melodically chaotic. Listen to "Hopeful Progress"

4. Embraced - An Orchestrated Failure: Although still present, screaming vocals are not fluent as on "The Satellite Years," but the music and instrumentation from start to finish are very comparable and this album is about as melodic and emotional as it gets. The entire album flows together perfectly. The singing on this album kind of reminds me of Poison The Well. Listen to "Cease To Dream."

5. Stars Are Falling - How Many Eyes Have Opened: Again, another album which utilizes a well timed contrast between soft and hard. Going from grueling breakdowns layered with screams to suddenly cutting down to a melodic and soft guitar, which slowly, albeit dramatically leads into an emotional breakdown. Very good album. Flows from one song to another. Listen to "The Morning Brought The End." I would also recommend this group to early fans of Norma Jean/Luti-Kriss due to similarities in vocals. They also have an split out with a band Skylines which I would also recommend.

6. Poison The Well - You Come Before You: Well, yeah, a lot of people already relate these two bands anyway so there it is. This is the album I would actually choose though. A great atmospheric song is "Apathy Is A Cold Body" The beginning of this song makes me feel like I'm floating under the ocean.

7. In Reverent Fear - Written In The A.M.: I wasn't going to add this one, but I decided to anyway. This album is a bit more disorderly than others. But this band is great and also uses a good contrast between hard/soft parts in their songs. Listen to "Madison", the way the guitar has an eerie melodic echo to it, backed by the vocalists soothing voice, similar to Thursday, but not irritating like Thursday, leading into some hard screaming, and then listen to "The Beggars"

Hope this helps out anyone wishing to find more great music such as this album.

buy this album.......2006-02-06

"i left the horizon"... when i first listened to satellite years
"curled up and frozen still"... i was before i was born into this wall of sound
"the tilting of the hourglass"... as i drift to another world
"with all this time to kill"... it's hard thinking of a better way to spend it

buy this. listen to it. listen to it again

Excellent.......2005-09-15

A pretty throaty singer for a screamo band, which may sound unattractive, but once the depth and technicality of the music is displayed, it's immediately addictive. I can't get enough of "Waitress", which I would safely rank as one of my top ten favorite songs. The music is almost lyrical in the heavy/soft contrasting.

This is a great disc that I highly recommend to not only screamo fans that want more, but also fans of slighty more advanced music should dig this. (the singing isn't that bad either)

Words cannot describe.......2005-08-06

The album "The Satellite Years" is one of my favorite of all time. Bone crushing breakdowns can change into atmospheric guitar riffs in the matter of seconds. Jay Forrest does an excellent job at delivering the vocals. They just jump right out at you and say, "HEY!!!!!SIT YOUR ASS DOWN AND LISTEN!!!!!" I can't even begin to say how good adam baker is at the drums. Rediculously good.

I felt that the album opened up slightly slow. Once you get past 'Dead in Magazines', you'd better strap yourself in nice and tight.

'Dana Walker' will tear you to shreds with its throat tearing vocals , double bass, and crushing breakdowns. You may think the ride is over when you listen to 'Decoys like Curves', but suddenly Jay starts screaming in a crazy breakdown. The guitars really shine on 'A Man Exits'.

After begging 3 songs for Hopesfall to chill out, they finally do with 'Red Shift'. Atmospheric guitars and a super mellow feel get you ready. 'Only the Clouds' is does a wonderful job at mixing breakdowns with atmospheric guitars at the same time.

At first listen, you may think that Hopesfall blew it with 'Escape Pod for Intangibles'. The song takes time to get used to, but once you do it is amazing. The band shatters any thoughts of dissapointment with their phenominal closer 'The Bending'

This song sets itself completely apart from anything on the album. i cant even describe it with words.

Overall, a 97%, simply due to the fact of the slow start

Average customer rating:

Tracks are...

How Many More Years
Howlin Wolf
Manufacturer: Satellite Sounds Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks are..........2006-05-12

1. How Many More Years
2. I Asked For Water
3. Wang Dang Doodle
4. Spoonful
5. Shake For Me
6. Moanin' At Midnight
7. Goin' Down Slow
8. You'll Be Mine
9. I Ain't Superstitious
10. Highway 49