In case you missed it, The Saturn III may be returning to our humble dimension! Last Sunday, the 9th at exactly 9:00pm, the trio released a brand new song: “Shooting Star No. 9” via SoundCloud.
Have they finally escaped the black hole to which they were seemingly lost…?
Their latest transmission came on the heels of a curious tweet
earlier in the day (3:00pm, of course) which questioned the band’s own
existence, so who knows what sort of state they’re in… What we do know
for sure is that this track is the fastest of their catalog, bolting off
the line at Mach 5 and clocking in at just shy of 2½ minutes. Perhaps,
this newfound speed is what pulled them away from a cold, quiet fate.
Listen now and stay tuned. There could be plenty more to come…
We’re big fans
of independence - us being an indie record label and all - and our love
extends far beyond just independent music. We love all independent
thought, especially when that thought becomes art and that art combines a
whole heaping helping of our favorite things. With that said, it is our
sincerest pleasure to proudly present our very first independent comic!
Ladies, gentleman, unidentified alien lifeforms… We give you “Radio
Jupiter“.
Written and illustrated by wonderful weirdo Wesley Griffith
with colors by Danny•Duoshade, Issue #1 of “Radio Jupiter“ is a 40-page
comic jam, featuring the dapper interstellar DJ Roy Jupiter and his
crew aboard the starship Mando. Ages after Earth has ended and humans
have inhabited the stars, Roy and company are on a quest to retrieve a
lost record that could save yet another world doomed to extinction.
Along the way, they’ll meet a cavalcade of cool creatures, including
diabolical villains, ferocious monsters and space-age legends. Will Roy
and his crew succeed or sink hopelessly into the void along with the
planet they aim to protect?
Read the first ten pages HERE, then order your copy of the full story
via Bandcamp. Copies are LIMITED! Do not miss your opportunity to join
the adventure. This ship is blasting off big time and you can bet
there’s plenty more excitement set to land sooner than later. Can you
dig it?
Man-o-man, has it been a hot minute... And it’s certainly hot here at our desert HQ. Can you believe we’re already half-way through the year?! Time sure does fly when you’re rocking out. Since we never recapped the previous year like we usually do in January, allow us to take another minute to remind you what we did then, along with what we’ve done so far this year...
We started 2016 with a “cheap” single by The Lone Sum. It’s a swingin’ little number and you can pay what you want for it right now! Since one good single deserves another, we followed that up with a pair o’ tracks from our favorite villains The 45 Syndicate. A-Side “Blue Flower” is a cool surf nugget engineered to set you up for the kill before “Big Fire” blows the scene with a groove you couldn’t cut with a sword. Finally, the much anticipated full-length LP from The Saturn III was released upon the universe in strictly physical form. It includes all your favorite fuzzed out frequencies plus three exclusive tracks, packaged in a special three-sided sleeve with cover art and a fold-out mini-poster illustrated by our main man-beast Wesley “Get Off The Unicorn” Griffith. There are only 33 of these beauties in existence. Don’t sleep on your chance to claim a copy!
... So that was last year, but what’s happening now? Well, we do have some pretty fantastic aces up our pockets for the future, but thus far, 2017 has yielded another slick single from The Lone Sum, written for a girl who undoubtedly has no idea it exists and probably wouldn’t care if she did. Hear it above and formulate your own idea, then download it via Bandcamp. While you’re at it, snap up the second set of sounds by The Dead Gear. It’s dark, heavy and hits twice as hard as their debut. These songs bleed black and white, but they’re the Blues through and through. Listen below...
That's all for now, but stay tuned. As always, the weirdest is yet to come!
Physical-only full-length, album featuring fan favorites from all three
EPs, plus three brand new tracks unique to this release. Limited to 33
copies, "pressed" on GREEN plastic and housed in a triangular sleeve,
which includes exclusive mini-poster illustrated by Wesley "Gori" Griffith.
The full-length LP by The Saturn III arrives next month and we've got one last video to share beforehand! Originally heard on the "Trio de Force" EP “Clowns + Capsules“ burns hotter than gasoline and hits harder than a motorcycle wreck. Watch now and get hyped for new music next month.
On Halloween, we tweeted a previously unreleased treat for all of you strange beasts - a killer clip of kaiju chaos to the tune of "Tokyo Colossus" by The Saturn III!
On this day in 1954, the biggest baddest beast was released upon the East and earlier this year, he returned to the silver screen. We're writing, of course, about (Shin) Gojira! ... So in celebration, enjoy the monster riffs and moving pictures from one of our favorite giant creature features. Turn it up loud, share it around and shake your city to the ground.
The Saturn III have a new LP to release in December and they’ve got a new video to share now! “Dementia 5“ is a fan favorite of Psychedelic Space-Age Surrealism. Watch and let your mind wander to another world…
This past weekend, while you were otherwise distracted, our favorite villains The 45 Syndicate sneaked out a new digital single. Listen to the B-Side now, then navigate over to Bandcamp to download both tracks before they self-destruct… If Surf is dead, it’s because the Syndicate just killed it.
It’s time again for our annual April Fools Day sale!
As always, the joke’s on us… Download all digital EPs & LPs for just a buck and pay what you want for all digital singles at http://deafmrecords.bandcamp.com
We’re looking forward to another year, here at our desert HQ… Expect more from The Lone Sum, perhaps a return from The Dead Gear or the mysterious 45 Syndicate, and although rumor has it that The Saturn III
may have finally been swallowed by that black hole they were exploring,
we might just have a transmission from them to share here and there.
Hope your holidays have been psychedelic. This year, we sidelined the norm to celebrate Saturnalia with The Saturn III. From the 17th of December, through the 23rd, we reveled in festivities with rad new releases, including limited edition physical copies of “Threedom“ - the trio’s burly 2015 EP - on BLUE compact disc, housed in a miniature gatefold sleeve. We followed that with a brand new shirt design to show praise for our favorite planet.
… And before the party could conclude, we just had to share the last of
this year’s killer cover collection, The Saturn III’s stellar rendition of
“What Planet Is This?“.
Originally written by Yoko Kanno & Performed by The Seatbelts, this
track is BIG and ends with a BANG (literally). If you haven’t heard it,
do yourself a favor below, then snag a cool blue copy of “Threedom“, and order up a t-shirt and spread the word.
It’s been a solid year for DeaFM and The Saturn III. We’ll see you on the other side in 2016!
The Rainbow’s Beard’s video for “Ghoulish Dream, Beautiful Nightmare“ has reached 350 views on YouTube! To celebrate, we’ve added a wicked new Art Print/T-Shirt design by Wesley “Don’t. Ever. Stop.“ Griffith.
Get yours now and don’t forget to order up some tunes while you’re at it!
In celebration of this sort of “inverse Valentine’s Day”, we’re celebrating with The Lone Sum and the physical release of their Valentine’s Day EP, “Love In Veins“
(released digitally earlier this year). CDs come housed in a
2-panel slip-sleeve and include an additional bonus track: fan favorite,
“The Ballad Of Beauty & The Lost Boy” (not available on any other
physical release). If you haven’t snapped these tracks up, then get ‘em
now and while you’re at it… How about a brand spanking new single just
for the occasion?
The Lone Sum have recorded a raw rendition of
“Looking At You“, originally written by garage godfathers, The MC5 and
while it’s tough to get as gritty as the original, this version sure
packs a wallop. Clocking in at just 2:22 and dialed up to “double-11s”,
this track oughta’ have you singin’ along and pressin’ repeat ‘til the
day is done.
... And if you’re the type to
wear emotion on your sleeve or your favorite lo-fi Rock ‘n’ Rollers on
your chest, we’ve added a fresh new t-shirt design to our merch store. It’s 11:11 on 11/11 and the Lone Sum is ”Still no.ONE”!
