Back in April Lyon genre defiers Satellite Jockey released their second album Modern Life Vol.1. Bursting with experimental tongue in cheek pop along with a multitude of other genres and styles, it sports eleven diverse efforts largely produced by pushing and challenging a myriad of familiar contextual boundaries. Approaching these boundaries through the lens of experimentation both sharpens and loosens the focus where appropriate.
Together with a expansive array of instrumentation that gives off transformative depth to each creation, vocalists Rémi Richarme and Pauline Le Caignec both separately and together in terms of harmonies provide further scope and layers of difference. Often bands can overplay their hand with such ambitious displays but this is not the case with Satellite Jockey in whose hands such variety is managed with ease. Having said that, there is a sense of unease that’s present at times and this seems indicative of the bands take on the absurdities and inconsistencies inherently embedded in today’s political and social mores and this is reflected in the the album’s title.
To illustrate its diverse nature, check out the record’s front, middle and back end below beginning with the pop/folk inspired opener ‘Copernicus’, the funk and psych laden ‘Opacity’ and the classically inspired baroque like closer and title track below. Modern Life Vol. 1 is out now. Grab it on vinyl here.
Tracklist
1. Copernicus
2. Misery
3. She Came Out Of Nowhere
4. ~~~~~~
5. Long Is The Road
6. Opacity
7. Inside
8. You Hide From Love
9. The One Who Dares
10. United Nations
11. Modern Life
Copernicus
Satellite Jockey (FRA)
From the album, ‘Modern Life Vol. 1’, AB Records / Another Record / Le Pop Club Records / Montagne Sacrée Records.
Satellite Jockey Facebook
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Official Video
Opacity
Satellite Jockey (FRA)
From the album, ‘Modern Life Vol. 1’, AB Records / Another Record / Le Pop Club Records / Montagne Sacrée Records.
Satellite Jockey Bandcamp
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Modern Life
Satellite Jockey (FRA)
From the album, ‘Modern Life Vol. 1’, AB Records / Another Record / Le Pop Club Records / Montagne Sacrée Records.
Satellite Jockey Soundcloud
Audio Stream