VAST MASSIVE SATELLITE LAUNCHES LP STRAIGHT INTO THE HEART OF THE HEARTLAND

Well, the kids in Vast Massive Satellite sent out a note letting the world know that their LP The Last Laugh of the Here After, is out and ready for a spin in a cd player near you. The band is including a free copy of their Mr. California EP with the first 100 orders, along with screen-printed packaging by Levi Fuller/Ball of Wax. (Mail order info)

We'd suggest that you just go ahead and pick up a copy of the CD at their show this week, but that will apply only to those of you currently reading this from Indianapolis. Yes, it's true, VMS is on tour right now (with no Houston stop! What's up Grizzly Bear?!), with shows in Indianapolis on Thursday and Louisville and Owensboro Kentucky on Friday and Saturday. In fact, the closest to a 713 set our crazy much recording friends have in the near future is March 31st in Brenham. Hello Blue Bell tour.

Track from Dudes we Do Not Know: Vast Massive Satellite – The Host

Vast Massive Satellite hasn’t, until tonight, ever played a show. This in spite of their being together, in one form or another, for nine years, during most of which tapes were mailed and eventually bytes were FTPed. Then in August of last year Jason and Marigold Clark found themselves in Austin, with drummer Kelly Minnis just a few hours away in College Station. For most of the past five months, the trio has been in the studio, putting down enough recordings for a 2007 release schedule that includes 2 full lengths and an EP(!).

The Host is one of those tracks, the title track of the EP put out this month on their own Lemontree imprint. The tune has the heady pace and under-control vocals of a Copper Blue-era Sugar track, with thin lines of raspberry synth frosting draped on top to make the confection complete. It never steps more than a few degrees out of the steady RPM of a sandcrawler making her way across a redstone plateau. Its a harkening break from all the build and climax let-down stop and go reprise that's been on the top of my playlist lately. Sign of good things to come, for sure.

Stream: Vast Massive Satellite – The Host

See Live: Friday, January 26 @ Notsuoh w/Joel Mercado, the Scattered Pages