Satellites [Import]

Track four, Caterpillar Song, and another slower, contemplative song that underlines the writing strength of this band. "Sinking like a burst balloon, with the weight that's in your eyes, hit the brakes before you crash, you're black and blue from trying." The song builds to an epic crescendo with Modaid's voice heading for the stars and instruments following obediently. Single number four. Not enough for you? Next track then, the beautiful and mountainous love song Love Breaks Down is single number five. Still not enough? You're bloody hard to please! Okay, okay, one more for luck. Better Life which starts with a mesmirising guitar rush before that passionate and expresive vocal rears its beautiful head. For guitar pop fans, there's some great, wandering guitar riffs right through this tune, but calculated to allow just enough room for the vocal to cast its mind-blowing spell. Single number six. Now f..k off!

The Love You Had is a gentle acoustic pop ballad which communicates a lovely emotional ambience, while Satellite repeats the dose albeit with a gentle slide guitar country vibe. Track nine, Shoot Up Hill, has a more angular, punkier sound emphasised by a strong, threatening drum rhythm and angry guitar chords - all of which suit the song's illicit subject matter. Back to dream time with Burn & Fade and a gentle piano backdrop overlaid by a most moving and meandering vocal. Superb. An extended silence before a low buzz signals the opening of concluding track, Hallelujah. Modaid's voice performs some heady tricks here as it almost breaks the record in the higher octave register stakes, and continues to show what a great singer this guy is. It's a song that builds very slowly until it finally loses the fight and the extended rock rush starts, hallelujah indeed!

I bought this purely on a recommendation from this site and may have well glued it in my CD player as that is basically where it has stayed since i've had it.

Satellites is the kind of CD you may expect to hear from The Verve if they were still producing music, track after track of beautiful lyrics covering various aspects of relationships and love, accompanied by strings, piano and guitar playing of the highest quality.

The standout tracks for me on this CD are : Drifting away violently, the wonderfull Radio Song (close your eyes and it could be a summers day listening to this), The Caterpillar Song (very Coldplay like), Love Breaks Down, Better Life and the haunting Love You Had.

I really cannot recommend this enough...can be downbeat, can be uplifting, cant be anything less than wonderfull.

Buy it...Love it...and the spread the word on the greatest unheard of band you'll hear this year.

This album is for everyone who has a dream and like great music!
BUY IT!!!
Thanks VEGA 4 for such great music!!!