Tune in on Saturday, March 28th at 11am to hear D!SCOT!ERRA in conversation with Dusty Reske, songwriter and band leader of psychedelic sugary bliss-out orgasmic pop band, Rocketship, ahead of the group’s show at The Chapel in SF on April 9th to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1996 debut album, A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness (Slumberland Records).
Dusty will be sharing his thoughts on the upcoming tour, his favorite albums from the 90s, and what’s next for the band.
One of the clearest examples of an album that crafts a strange and beautiful world not quite like any other is Rocketship’s 1996 full-length debut A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness. Even upon arrival, this was an experience unto itself, and 30 years later, these eight songs of bittersweet bliss still feel new.
Rocketship spiked their deliciously melodic indie pop with buzzing organs, spacey interstitials and motorik repetition, aligning them with mid-90s peers like Stereolab and Unrest. A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness is an album of unrepentantly vulnerable melodies, unusual seventh chords, lingering ambient interludes, and soft sentiments released at a time when unfriendly, self-conscious punk rock was the order of the day, a bold move indeed.
