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 | |
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| Origin | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | Indie pop |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | K Records (United States) Polyvinyl (United States) Popfrenzy (Australia) HDIF (United Kingdom) |
| Members | Fred Thomas[1] Scott DeRoche Caroline Catherine Amber Fellows Shelley Salant[2] |
| Past members | Scott 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
Albums
- Saturday Looks Good to Me (hereforeveralways, 2000)
- Cruel August Moon (Little Hands, 2001)
- Love Will Find You (Whistletap, 2002)
- All Your Summer Songs (Polyvinyl, 2003)
- Every Night (Polyvinyl, 2004)
- Sound on Sound (Redder Records, 2006)
- Fill Up the Room (K Records / How Does It Feel To Be Loved, 2007)
- One Kiss Ends It All (Polyvinyl, 2013)
Other releases
- 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)