The Satellite Year – Mission: Polar Lights

Releasedate: 20-05-2011; Label: MIDSUMMER RECORDS
By: Sabine van Gameren

The Satellite Year is a German formation making quite catchy and pop/punk influenced music. The band released their first EP in 2008 and anno 2011 the band comes with their very first full length called: “Mission: Polar Lights”.

It must be said, it is an surprising album. First of all because it is extremely catchy pop punk and has a little cheesy edge but somehow it does not get annoying. The band never crosses the border and that is one the most important pro’s on them that must be said. The band brings in plenty variation and the album certainly breaks when the song “Il Y A Que La Vérité Qui Blesse” comes by. Different language, totally different song, a bit of a black sheep but the guys take it right back to the typical pop music they make after that. It may have some chart potential as some of the songs aim right at a teenage heart. It will be forgiven, the band shows that within this scene they can bring a slight difference with some surprising riff, a unexpected melody or another surprise on your plate.
As there may be something to mention what the band could approve on, it is probably their stability in the sound. It goes all up and down all the time, creating some chaos and this may have been done smoother. Ah well, it is a decent album after all and the Germans will surprise many with it.

Tracklist: 1. …And We Will Dance To Your Heartbeat (We Are The Mission) 2. Because This Ain’t Vegas 3. Girls Go Movie 4. Scene Scene Scenery (We Are So Far From Perfect) 5. Citizens. Districts. Telescopes 6. Jelly Jelly, How To Survive Such A Trip? — 7. Il Y A Que La Vérité Qui Blesse — 8. You Are Fiction/I Am Actor 9. Yeah, The Ocean! 10. Give Up, God! 11. A Campus: A Heart: A Star 12. ‘C’ Is For Competition (We May Collide) 13. Actio Equals Reactio

Links:
The Satellite Year Official