Sub Pop Records
Six Finger Satellite - The Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird (Remastered, Red/Blue Vinyl)
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Sub
Pop
celebrate
the
30th
anniversary
of
Six
Finger
Satellite’s
debut
album,
‘The
Pigeon
Is
the
Most
Popular
Bird’,
with
a
brand
new,
fully
remastered
CD
and
double
LP
reissue.
Formed
in
1990
in
Providence,
Rhode
Island
by
J.
Ryan
(singer
/
keyboards),
John
MacLean
(guitar),
Peter
Phillips
(guitar),
Chris
Dixon
(bass)
and
Rick
Pelletier
(drums),
Six
Finger
Satellite
quickly
signed
to
Sub
Pop
for
the
‘Weapon’
EP,
which
got
them
their
deal,
despite
being
a
tongue-in-cheek
take
on
the
then-current
grunge
/
alt-rock
sound.
Following
‘Weapon’,
the
band
quickly
jumped
into
making
their
debut
full
length
with
Bob
Weston
(of
Shellac,
who
later
named
a
single
‘The
Bird
Is
the
Most
Popular
Finger’
in
honour
of
Six
Finger
Satellite).
Released
in
1993,
‘The
Pigeon
Is
The
Most
Popular
Bird’
was
the
first
release
to
truly
capture
the
adventurous,
biting
spirit
and
sound
of
Six
Finger
Satellite.
The
album
is
a
landmark
of
noisy,
distressing
post-punk,
drawing
influence
from
Gang
of
Four,
The
Birthday
Party
and
Wire,
while
adding
a
healthy
dose
of
the
band’s
own
unique
sonic
antagonism.
Amongst
the
brittle
rock
tracks,
‘The
Pigeon
Is
The
Most
Popular
Bird’
has
dashes
of
ahead-of-their-time
keyboard
and
studio
experiments
that
became
more
prominent
on
the
band’s
later
albums,
presaging
LCD
Soundsystem,
DFA
Records,
and
much
of
the
early-2000s
post-punk
revival.
Pitchfork
rightly
called
‘The
Pigeon
Is
The
Most
Popular
Bird’
“one
of
the
best
noise-rock
records
of
the
90s,”
writing
that
“the
transitions
from
silly
to
searing
highlight
Six
Finger
Satellite’s
unpredictable
and
caustic
approach...
this
was
the
first
of
several
examples
of
them
spurning
underground
trends,
and
their
most
exhilaratingly
bitter
pill
to
swallow.”
Double
LP
pressed
on
Loser
Edition
red
and
blue
coloured
vinyl.
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