Third Man Records Announces Detroit Space-Rock/Shoegaze Comp Southeast of Saturn

Third Man Records has just announced a new compilation titled Southeast of Saturn that shines a light on the space-rock/shoegaze/dreampop scene that flourished in Detroit, Michigan in the ’90s. Artists from this period include Astrobrite, Auburn Lull, lovesliescrushing, and Windy & Carl.

Penned “Detroit Space-Rock”, the scene centered around Burnt Hair Records, Burnt Hair CEO Larry Hoffman’s Life According To Larry radio show, Zoot’s Coffeehouse and bands, such as Windy & Carl, Asha Vida, Füxa, Auburn Lull, and Majesty Crush. It was a modern movement of a more traditional “space-rock” sound, influenced less by The Stooges and MC5 and more by Spacemen 3, Loop, My Bloody Valentine and krautrock bands like Can and Neu!. Even the best-known artists on Southeast Of Saturn — Windy & Carl, Majesty Crush, Füxa — never achieved mainstream success, but within the rock underground, they inspired a cultish devotion that burns to this day.

Here’s the complete track listing:

1. Majesty Crush — “No. 1 Fan”
2. Spectacle — “She Doesn’t Believe”
   
3. Thirsty Forest Animals — “Nape”
4. Füxa — “Photon”
5. The Delta Waves — “Andromeda Drone”
6. Windy & Carl — “Instrumental #2”
7. Asha Vida — “Eskimo Summer”
8. Ten Second Dynasty — “Continuum”
9. Children’s Ice Cream — “The Hand of God”
10. Miss Bliss — “Grey”
11. Astrobrite — “Crasher”
12. Naming Mary — “Stardriver”
13. Glider — “Shift”
14. Space Monkeys — “Serenity”
15. Jazzless — “Something Warm About the Rain”
16. lovesliescrushing- “youreyesimmaculate”
17. Calliope — “Laughing At Roadsigns”
18. Auburn Lull — “June-Tide”
19. Thumbling — “Butterfield Eight”

Southeast of Saturn will be released on November 20, 2020 on vinyl as well as digitally. A limited edition “Deep Space Dark/Aqua Wave” colored vinyl will be available in select record stores in the U.S. and U.K.

Watch the compilation’s teaser/trailer, featuring Majesty Crush’s “No. 1 Fan.”