The Satellite Towns began to form when guitarist Aron Royle and keyboard player Carl Heyes met in a dismal office environment, in central Manchester. Fuelled by their passion for music and for want of an escape route from their bleak vocations, they set about penning some tracks (with many emanating from Aron's Shoebox Of Ideasâ„¢!) with a view to forming a proper good Manc band that had something different. Fast forward to January 2007 and along came James Cashin on the trusty bass, we then actually ventured out of our sheds and spare rooms into a rehearsal space in central Manchester. As any of our warblings were not up to scratch we enlisted the profoundly voiced Steven Butterworth for the heady task of vocals, and his lovely nose. All that was left was a drummer - this came in the form of the mysterious and fiery Ben Zenith.
We're getting set to sow the sonic seeds of our distinctly unique sound across the land. There are lots of bands out there at the moment, a lot of which are "scene" based, jumping on the same old “band wagon†and hovering around a certain theme – or spending more money on their hair and fancy pants than on actual instruments! That’s not us, we're in it for the creation of good, innovative music, that certain buzz of gigging and taking your musical creations out on the road.
“"a band who actually live up to their claims of sounding just that little bit different" CD review from Manchestermusic.co.uk“A blend of Madchester beats and spiky post punk guitars and synth, fronted by a man with an attitude and confidence that is somewhat lacking in new music these days†Jabez Clegg – 05.01.08 (from Guestlistmusic)
“Close to Midnight’s indie groove deservedly got several from a decent turnout moving. Bohemia Dreamer, a slower number, featured a useful organ sound; the keyboardist definitely adds another dimension to this band. An expanding of their horizons will see this band move from being just another act, to one of the best bands on the Manchester unsigned circuitâ€. Academy 3 – 11.12.07 (from UBspotlight)
We Are Not Robots EP
Giving an innovative new sound to the 'Indie' scene are Manchester five piece, The Satellite Towns, bringing us their new EP We Are Not Robots. The feel of the EP gives me a buzz that I rarely get with typical Indie music and the fact that they actually spend their time making great music and not on how good their hair looks makes them credible. 'Seaside' is a lovely little track from their EP with imaginative rifts and synths that adds extra dimension to the song. They claim, like every other band, that they are different from the norm, and in this case they certainly live up to that claim, something that makes me respect them as they have their minds focused on what they're doing. A brilliantly structured second EP and a tight band means they could expand beyond being on the unsigned local scene, which 'Emily Built a Boat' and 'Tunnel Vision' definitely proves. The Satellite Towns are going all out to show they certainly are not robots!!
Amy Baker (Sandman Magazine)
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