Satellites Release British Sleeper Hit 02 in the U.S.

Satellites' latest effort, a full-length album titled 02, releases today in the U.S. The album is already a sensation in the U.K, described by The Guardian as "lush without being pompous, subtle without being obtuse, and really rather lovely," earning four out of five stars on their rating scale. 02 continues the vision sprouted by its predecessor, 01. Satellites was recently able to sit down for a Daytrotter session and share an intimate performance of four songs off 02.

Since performing for Daytrotter, Satellites has been described by them as "[lighting] a humble little fire here that presents a lovely thought meant to de-rouse a body. It's meant to comfort a person." One play of the tracks, with their sweeping motifs and instantly memorable melodies, and the listener immediately feels this to be true. In "God Bless America," Satellites offers an outsider's comical view of television in the United States. All of the tracks on the record showcase how "Vic sings as if strolling," and how he carries his tunes "like they were being exhaled from a heart fogged with reverb."

"World At Your Feet" and "This Is All There Is" both show Satellites' ability to join multiple types of musical instruments, a method self-described as "marrying classic guitar [and] piano music with a sprinkle of orchestra and a taste of electronica." This collection of songs could "accompany a drive through open country, where people aren't, where you could just take everything that you see;" or to be listened to "when we're scared of the heights we're blindly climbing, when we just need to disappear."

While the man behind Satellites - Johnny Vic - is not touring as James Blunt's bass player and music director, he resides in Copenhagen. Satellites is his way of reaching his own type of audience through personal songs. Vic says, "I try to write them from a point of view that anyone can relate to or can fit their own life around." With that statement, he personifies the soaring venture that is Satellites.

02 Track Listing

1. Something Bigger
2. Neon Sun
3. This Is All That There Is
4. God Bless America
5. Ghost Of A Memory
6. World At Your Feet
7. Encore Encore
8. Madison Park Bell
9. Bone Trophies
10. Beg Steal & Borrow
11. Spent Venom
12. A Million Drums
13. Wasteland
14. Hourglass