Travel 'Southeast Of Saturn' With 90s Detroit Space-Rock & Shoegaze Sounds

Third Man Records has released Southeast of Saturn, a collection of music from Detroit’s Space-Rock/Shoegaze/Dream pop scene of the ‘90s. You ca stream the album or purchase standard black vinyl. Exclusive limited edition copies of Southeast Of Saturn on Deep Space Dark/Aqua Wave colored vinyl are available in select independent record stores across the US and in UK/EU, as well as in both Nashville and Detroit storefronts.

The music of Southeast Of Saturn did not arise organically from metro Detroit’s fertile soil, Third Man explains. Locally, garage-rock, goth-rock, neo-hippie groups, and the bar bands dominated the landscape.

Thirsty Forest Animals guitarist Andrew Peters summarizes the prevalent attitude among the Motor City’s Space-Rock contingent:

“I don’t think we really noticed the local Detroit scene earlier on. We were more into the bands you would see in the NME / Melody Maker, zines, and records - mostly from the UK - on the walls at Play It Again”.

Even the best-known artists on Southeast Of Saturn, Windy & Carl, Majesty Crush, Füxa, never achieved mainstream success, but within the rock underground, they inspired a cultish devotion that still lives. If you missed their output the first time around, this compilation will get you up to speed over its 19 tracks.

1. Majesty Crush - "No. 1 Fan"
2. Spectacle - "She Doesn't Believe"
3. Thirsty Forest Animals - "Nape"
4. Füxa - "Photon"
5. The Delta Waves - "Andromeda Drone"
6. Windy & Carl - "Instrumental #2"
7. Asha Vida - "Eskimo Summer"
8. Ten Second Dynasty - "Continuum"
9. Children's Ice Cream - "The Hand Of God"
10. Miss Bliss - "Grey"
11. Astrobrite - "Crasher"
12. Naming Mary - "Stardriver"
13. Glider - "Shift"
14. Space Monkeys - "Serenity"
15. Jazzless - "Something Warm About The Rain"
16. lovesliescrushing - "youreyesimmaculate"
17. Calliope - "Laughing At Roadsigns"
18. Auburn Lull - "June-Tide"
19. Thumbling - "Butterfield Eight"