Premiere: Seven Saturdays, ‘One in 3’

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Jonathan Haskell’s gripping instrumental compositions as Seven Saturdays are the stuff of epic movie soundtracks, or of hours lost in ambient bliss imagining them. Since releasing his “Love in the Time of Anticipated Defeat” album and “Secret Things” EP, both in March 2011, Haskell has done a bunch of remixes while setting off in a new direction for his own music: incorporating vocals into his songs. For Seven Saturdays’ forthcoming full-length, Haskell invited a host of collaborators who lend their voices – Rain Phoenix (Papercranes), Rachel Stolte (Great Northern), Alex Lilly (Obi Best), Vanessa Fernandez (Octover), Jim Evens (Helen Stellar), Genevieve Artadi (Pollyn) and Jacqueline Santillan (Wait.Think.Fast).

He explains: “Occasionally, instrumental music can feel detached, even when it’s over-the-top emotive and at the peak of a Mogwai encore, or in the valleys of a Boards of Canada love-making sonic plunge. And one thing I noticed when recording songs like ”˜The Shallow End’ or ”˜Secret Things,’ from previous albums, was that the minute a human voice is introduced into the recording, I felt more of a connection to the music.” Daniel Farris produced the new album, due in 2013, and Colin Stetson, Matt Rollings, Dan Schwartz and Jerry Marotta lends their skills as well. On the new song “One in 3,” Evens’ vocals are featured.

||| Stream: “One in 3”

||| Stream: Seven Saturdays remixes of Little Red Lung’s “Ink Blot Test” and All Smiles’ “Where the Feathers Fell”:

||| Live: Seven Saturdays plays Buzz Bands LA’s monthly showcase on Wednesday, Dec. 5, along with Western Lows, Auditorium and Pretend Electric.

After the jump, more (including a Cure cover) from Seven Saturdays:

||| Download: The EverythingIsChemical Virtual 7-inch, featuring covers of the Cure’s “Plainsong,” one featuring Jonathan Bates of Big Black Delta and the other from Daniel Farris’ band Black Pill.

||| Previously: “Secret Things” EP and “A Beautiful Day”

||| Also: Watch Ben Olsen’s video for “Early Morning Fog Bank,” off Seven Saturdays’ 2011 album “Love In The Time Of Anticipated Defeat”:

Photo by Melissa Moore