www.thinksmall.nl The disadvantage of my associative way of listening to music is that I often have to think of other bands, even to the extent that I can't avoid mentioning them. But then I realize that this wouldn't mean much to most of our readers. I mean: "True Love Always"? Does that ring a bell? I always have to think of them when I listen to this second album of Showdown At The Equator (from Ann Arbor, MI). Because of the very clear pop sound which seems to be disinfected to erase every trace of rock. But don't think of the public's favorites like The Shins, because they sound like a stadium rock act compared to this, and it also is no bubblegum top 10 pop. Maybe SATE makes indiepop in the purest form (a better known reference is Unrest and they successors on Teenbeat). And now I happen to like indiepop a lot. And definitely so if once in a while a girl takes the microphone, something that happens indeed with SATE. If it were up to me after two self-released albums (you can download the debut completely on the band's website) the band deserves a larger label (Magic Marker?). The world of music definitely deserves that.
translation courtesy Wouter Deconinck