Catching Up With Saturna

Remember Saturna? Back in October, the rockers from the Pacific Northwest wrote our second Midweek Mutiny. During his recent trip to the Northeast, lead singer Ryan Carroll got in touch with me. We started talking about their EP and what they have in store for 2007. The following is the interview portion of our conversation. Enjoy!

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 felt good.

Q - What's up your sleeve for 2007?

A - I am so excited about this year. We have a full length ready to go. 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 in the 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 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 finalizing 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.

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