On November 9, Lisa Poszywak and Jaye Thomas of Detroit’s Rogue Satellites will release a new EP entitled Baby I’m Jeff. The 5-song EP finds the duo reconnecting with their instruments and breaking away from their stompboxes in favor of a more minimal rock sound.
Still laden with echo and atmosphere, Baby I’m Jeff moves at a driving, guitar-emphasized pace scarcely heard since their eponymous first release in 2012. Songs like “Son of an Atom Bomb” and “Mercury in Retrograde” rock hard and fast with protopunk exuberance, while “Autopilot Says Yes” and “I Can See the Future” carry a lofty downtempo sludge. The title track is a pretty acoustic ballad that chronicles patterns of privilege, hypocrisy, and abuse while posing as a love song.
Drawing more influence from the ’80s and ’90s than the band’s previous output, “Mercury In Retrograde” feels as if The Cranberries went goth. Bassist Lisa Poszywak’s lead vocal floats atop a landscape of industrial drums, crunchy guitar, and ethereal synth swells.
Listen below:
Pre-Order Baby I’m Jeff on Limited Edition Cassette Tape today via Midwest Action! The EP will also be available on CD via Detroit imprint Space Camp Records and out on Saturday, November 9th.