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How's it going? My name is Joe and I run the Baltimore/Washington music site Instrumental Analysis. Since I am familiar with many of the indie bands on Amie Street, I've been asked to occasionally contribute pieces on some of them. Chris (who works on IA with me), will be contributing some pieces as well.

For my first piece, Amie Street asked me to introduce all of you to Saturna. They are a band from the Pacific Northwest, who describes their music as "fuzzy, dirty, driving, psychedelic bliss pop." If you are a fan of bands such as Ride, Lush, Catherine Wheel, and My Bloody Valentine, you should really enjoy ...All Night [ Buy MP3 Album ]. The band told me that this EP was designed to be the perfect compliment to your night out. It is supposed to take you from the time that your evening begins until you stroll in at sunrise. After listening to it, I truly believe that.

The lush instrumental Springboard has been a favorite on Amie Street. I personally enjoy the soaring beauty of Blanket Of Stars . Honestly, you really can't go wrong with any of these tracks.

I recently conducted an interview with their front man Ryan Carroll for my site, and I am going to share it here as well.

Q - What are your best memories of 2006?

A - I have to say that putting out our EP ...All Night was a real highlight for me. We worked really hard on it and we got some really great reviews from all over the world. Seeing it in a couple of year end best of lists, really made me feel good.

Q - What's on tap for 2007?

I am so excited about this year. We have a full length ready to go in the spring. We worked with some amazing people on it. Tony Lash (Dandy Warhols, Stars of Track and Field) and Brin Addison (Blur, Supergrass, Smashing Pumpkins) are doing some mixing for us and Justin Renney is doing the artwork. It's really turning out well and I can't wait to go on tour and play all of these songs live. We're even hoping to tour the UK next fall. We're one of those bands that are always working, so expect to see a lot of us in 2007.

Q - I heard that you just played a big show. How did that go?

A - Yeah, we played the Reverb Records Holiday Party in Portland, OR. We played with The High Violets, Hypatia Lake and The Upsidedown. The place was packed and the bands rocked. Hypatia Lake is the most amazing psychedelic rock band around and The Upsidedown played an amazing set. The High Violets ended the night with a bunch of people jamming with them up on stage and the party didn't end until dawn. We prepared a couple of covers that we love and I heard rumors that somebody got it on video. I'm in NYC now, but I'll find out when I get back. If they did, it's going on youtube.

Q - What covers did you perform?

A - We performed Catherine Wheel's "I Want To Touch You" and one of my personal favorites, Ride's "Leave Them All Behind".

Q - Is there anything else going on with Saturna?

A - Our holiday break ends on January 5th and we start working to finish the album. In the next couple of weeks, it's a whirlwind of photo shoots, final mixing and finishing the artwork. After that, Eric leaves for a couple of weeks to Morocco and Spain on a humanitarian mission for Mercycorps. The rest of us will take a much needed break, while we wait for the record to be duplicated. By the time that he returns, we should be ready to roll. We'll hit the west coast and then we'll see everyone in Austin during SXSW.

Click here to listen to ...All Night by Saturna.

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