The Satellite Years
{{Infobox album
| name = The Satellite Years
| type = Album
| artist = Hopesfall
| cover = Satelliteyears.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 15, 2002
| recorded = April 12–26, 2002
| studio = Great Western Record Recorders{{discogs release|id=810275}}
| genre =
- Post-hardcore
- space rock
- metalcore{{cite web|publisher=Punk News|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/3451/hopesfall-a-types|title=Hopesfall - A-Types|date=November 9, 2004|accessdate=March 4, 2020}}
| length = 39:05
| label = {{hlist|Trustkill|One Day Savior|Equal Vision}}
| producer = Matt Talbott
| prev_title = No Wings to Speak Of
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = A Types
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Equal Vision Vinyl Cover
| type = Studio album
| cover = The_Satellite_Years_Vinyl.jpg
}}
}}
The Satellite Years is the second studio album by the post-hardcore band Hopesfall. It was released in 2002 on Trustkill Records, the group's first for the company.{{cite web|author=Alex Henderson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-satellite-years-mw0000225744 |title=The Satellite Years - Hopesfall | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |accessdate=2014-04-12}} The album was also released on vinyl by One Day Savior Recordings. The album was produced by Matt Talbott of HUM, who also provided vocals on the track "Escape Pod for Intangibles".
This is the band's first release with vocalist Jay Forrest and the last with bassist Chad Waldrup and drummer Adam Morgan until 2018's Arbiter.
The songs "Waitress" and "The Bending" were included on a promotional sampler with Eighteen Visions that was released through Trustkill.
The album was re-released as a limited edition vinyl (500 in total) on January 28, 2017 through Equal Vision Records. The vinyl was available on clear with purple splatter and limited to 400 copies, with an additional 100 copies available as a clear vinyl with a translucent blue center.{{cite web|publisher=Equal Vision Records|url=http://www.equalvision.com/releases/the-satellite-years/|title=The Satellite Years - Equal Vision Records|accessdate=May 11, 2018}}
Background and production
Matt Talbott, who produced the album, provided vocals on the track "Escape Pods for Intangibles" due to a bet he made with bassist Chad Waldrup after Waldrup beat Talbott in the game GoldenEye.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/hum/comments/cumcp5/small_fun_piece_of_lore/|title=r/hum - Small, fun piece of lore|website=reddit|date=24 August 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-09-06}}
Guitarist Ryan Parrish departed the band after the album was recorded.{{cite web|url=http://www.hopesfall.com |title=.hopesfall. |first=Josh |last=Brigham |date=May 23, 2002 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020328074003/http://www.hopesfall.com/ |archivedate=March 28, 2002 |url-status=dead |quote=as many of you have heard by now, we have parted ways with our guitarist ryan parrish. ... }} Parrish did not like Trustkill taking over creative control from the band, while the other members sided with the label. Along with former vocalist Doug Venable, Parrish was the main songwriter for the band that resulted in its trademark melodic hardcore and Christian hardcore sound on The Frailty of Words and No Wings to Speak Of.{{cite web|url=http://www.hopesfall.com |title=.hopesfall. |first=Ryan |last=Parrish |date=January 14, 2002 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020119172221/http://hopesfall.com/ |archivedate=January 19, 2002 |url-status=dead |quote=as some of you already know, our bassist pat aldrich left the band a few months ago. ... }} Despite the creative and personnel differences he had with the other members, Parrish was still the primary songwriter on The Satellite Years.{{Cite news|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/1458/Lineup-changes-continue-for-Hopesfall|title=Lineup changes continue for Hopesfall|access-date=2018-11-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.asthestorygrows.com/1d0c99e5|title=Ryan Parrish of Hopesfall, Celebrity, In Parallel {{!}} As The Story Grows|website=As The Story Grows|access-date=2018-11-27}}{{cite web|first=Zach|last=Baird|title=HM Magazine|issue=99|pages=18–19|publisher=HM Magazine|date=February 2003|accessdate=March 10, 2016|url=http://www.hmmagazine.com/downloads/HMissue99.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030423205517/http://www.hmmagazine.com/downloads/HMissue99.pdf |archivedate=April 23, 2003}} Parrish would later rejoin the band in May 2019.{{cite web|publisher=Lambgoat|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/31593/Hopesfall-rejoined-by-founding-guitarist-Ryan-Parrish|title=Hopesfall rejoined by founding guitarist Ryan Parrish|date=May 29, 2019|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = Exclaim!
| rev2score = Positive{{cite magazine|magazine=Exclaim!|last=Gresch|first=Paul|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/hopesfall-satellite_years-2|title=Hopesfall The Satellite Years|date=December 1, 2002|accessdate=May 11, 2018}}
| rev3 = Punknews.org
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/review/1545 |title=Hopesfall - The Satellite Years |publisher=Punknews.org |date= 27 December 2002|accessdate=2014-04-12}}
}}
The Satellite Years has received highly positive reviews since its release.
AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson praised Jay Forrest's screaming vocals and clean singing, as well as the band's ability to switch between hardcore and melodic elements without "sounding confused or unfocused." The Punk News review echoed Henderson's and favorably compared the album to Poison the Well and From Autumn to Ashes. Paul Gresch of Exclaim! said the band "smoothly fuses influences from virtually every genre of music found in today's hardcore/metal scene in a way that is not only incredibly talented but it also highly original" and called the album one of the best releases of the year.
=Accolades=
In 2018, The Satellite Years was included in Loudwire's list of "11 Screamo Albums That Actually Rule".{{cite magazine|magazine=Loudwire|url=http://loudwire.com/screamo-albums-actually-rule/|title=11 Screamo Albums That Actually Rule|date=March 29, 2018|accessdate=May 11, 2018}} In 2020, the album was included in Brooklyn Vegan's list of "15 albums that defined the 2000s post-hardcore boom".{{cite web |website=Brooklyn Vegan |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/15-albums-that-defined-the-2000s-post-hardcore-boom/ |title=15 albums that defined the 2000s post-hardcore boom |date=March 31, 2020 |access-date=April 2, 2022}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Jay Forrest, Ryan Parrish, Joshua Brigham, Chad Waldrup, and Adam Morgan
|title1 = Andromeda
|note1 = instrumental
|length1 = 2:48
|title2 = Waitress
|length2 = 3:50
|title3 = Dead in Magazines
|length3 = 3:31
|title4 = Dana Walker
|length4 = 5:14
|title5 = Decoys Like Curves
|length5 = 4:15
|title6 = A Man Exits
|length6 = 3:40
|title7 = Redshift
|note7 = instrumental
|length7 = 1:54
|title8 = Only the Clouds
|length8 = 4:43
|title9 = Escape Pod for Intangibles
|note9 = feat. Matt Talbott
|length9 = 2:28
|title10 = The Bending
|length10 = 6:42
|total_length = 39:05
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Enhanced CD bonus content
| title11 = The Bending
| note11 = music video
| length11 = 6:11
}}
Personnel
;Hopesfall
- Jay Forrest – lead vocals
- Joshua Brigham – guitar
- Ryan Parrish – guitar
- Chad Waldrup – bass, backing vocals
- Adam Morgan – drums
;Additional
- Matt Talbott – producer, engineer, mixing, vocals on track 9
- Alan Douches – mastering
- Keith Cleversley – mixing
- Chandler Owen – graphic design
- Joel Dowling – band photography
References
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Category:Trustkill Records albums