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Saturday Looks Good to Me

Saturday Looks Good to Me is an American experimental indie pop band that formed in 1999.[3] The group is led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Fred Thomas (former member of His Name Is Alive). Albums by the group are known for soundscapes which hearken back to Detroit soul.[4]

Saturday Looks Good to Me
OriginAnn Arbor, Michigan, United States
GenresIndie pop
Years active1999–present
LabelsK Records (United States)
Polyvinyl (United States)
Popfrenzy (Australia)
HDIF (United Kingdom)
MembersFred Thomas[1]
Scott DeRoche
Caroline Catherine
Amber Fellows
Shelley Salant[2]
Past membersScott Sellwood
Juan Briz Garcia
Ryan Howard
Andrew Hoepfner
Betty Marie Barnes
Chris Bathgate
Carol Gray
Josh Bay
Autumn Wetli

The band was originally conceived as a basement recording project and did not play any live shows until 2002. The band built up a considerable following on the back of numerous limited-edition 7" record and CD-R releases, resulting in the indie pop albums All Your Summer Songs, released in 2003 on Polyvinyl Records, and Every Night, released in 2004 on Polyvinyl.[5] All Your Summer Songs was listed as one of the top 50 albums of 2003 by Pitchfork.[6] Every Night introduced new singer Betty Marie Barnes, who became the nearest to a permanent female singer that the band ever had.

By 2007, Barnes had semi-left the band and Thomas took over as the band's sole front person. SLGTM's music also changed and the resulting Fill Up The Room (2007, K Recs) album was more adventurous both lyrically and musically than the band's previous two albums.[7]

Following another European tour in 2008, Thomas retired the band to concentrate on other projects including City Center, and his record label, Life Like.

The band reunited in 2012 with a changed line-up, and released "Sunglasses"[8] on Polyvinyl Records. For Record Store Day 2012, All Your Summer Songs was re-issued on white vinyl in a special limited edition of 250.[9] The band released One Kiss Ends It All in 2013, and continued touring into 2015.[1][10]

Discography edit

Albums edit

Other releases edit

  • Cassingle Series #3 (Sanitary Records, April 2006)
  • "The Girl Is Distracted"
  • Green Mansions (limited tour EP)
  • "Money in the Afterlife" / "All the Sidewalk Birds" (Ernest Jenning Record Co., February 20, 2007)
  • Cold Colors EP (Polyvinyl – July 24, 2007)
  • "Dianne Falling Off Her Horse" / "Springtime Judgment" (Ernest Jenning Record Co., July 8, 2008)
  • "Saturday Looks Good to Me : Tour Tape" cassette (Life Like – 2012)
  • "Sunglasses" (Polyvinyl, 2012)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "This Saturday looks good to Saturday Looks Good to Me". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "Behind the scenes and in front, Shelley Salant helps local music scene thrive". The Ann Arbor News. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  3. ^ "Saturday Looks Good To Me official site". Slgtm.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Saturday Looks Good to Me: One Kiss Ends It All Album Review – Pitchfork". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Saturday Looks Good To Me – Polyvinyl Artist Page". Polyvinylrecords.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  6. ^ "Staff Lists: Top 50 Albums of 2003". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  7. ^ "Saturday Looks Good to Me: Fill Up the Room". Popmatter.com. October 28, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "Sunglasses 7" & Every Night Vinyl Reissues Out Now – Saturday Looks Good To Me | SLGTM | Official Site". SLGTM. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  9. ^ "Record Store Day 2012 – Special Releases". Recordstoreday.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  10. ^ "Enemy Planes, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Love of Everything". Chicago Reader. September 23, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2015.

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