Saturday Looks Good to Me

Saturday Looks Good to Me
OriginAnn Arbor, Michigan, United States
GenresIndie pop
Years active1999–present
LabelsK Records (United States)
Polyvinyl (United States)
Popfrenzy (Australia)
HDIF (United Kingdom)
MembersFred Thomas[1]
Scott DeRoche
Caroline Catherine
Amber Fellows
Shelley Salant[2]
Past membersScott Sellwood
Juan Briz Garcia
Ryan Howard
Andrew Hoepfner
Betty Marie Barnes
Chris Bathgate
Carol Gray
Josh Bay
Autumn Wetli

Saturday Looks Good to Me is an American experimental indie pop band that formed in 1999.[3] The group is led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Fred Thomas (former member of His Name Is Alive). Albums by the group are known for soundscapes which hearken back to Detroit soul.[4]

The band was originally conceived as a basement recording project and did not play any live shows until 2002. The band built up a considerable following on the back of numerous limited-edition 7" record and CD-R releases, resulting in the indie pop albums All Your Summer Songs, released in 2003 on Polyvinyl Records, and Every Night, released in 2004 on Polyvinyl.[5] All Your Summer Songs was listed as one of the top 50 albums of 2003 by Pitchfork.[6] Every Night introduced new singer Betty Marie Barnes, who became the nearest to a permanent female singer that the band ever had.

By 2007, Barnes had semi-left the band and Thomas took over as the band's sole front person. SLGTM's music also changed and the resulting Fill Up The Room (2007, K Recs) album was more adventurous both lyrically and musically than the band's previous two albums.[7]

Following another European tour in 2008, Thomas retired the band to concentrate on other projects including City Center, and his record label, Life Like.

The band reunited in 2012 with a changed line-up, and released "Sunglasses"[8] on Polyvinyl Records. For Record Store Day 2012, All Your Summer Songs was re-issued on white vinyl in a special limited edition of 250.[9] The band released One Kiss Ends It All in 2013, and continued touring into 2015.[1][10]

  1. ^ a b "This Saturday looks good to Saturday Looks Good to Me". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "Behind the scenes and in front, Shelley Salant helps local music scene thrive". The Ann Arbor News. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  3. ^ "Saturday Looks Good To Me official site". Slgtm.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Saturday Looks Good to Me: One Kiss Ends It All Album Review – Pitchfork". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Saturday Looks Good To Me – Polyvinyl Artist Page". Polyvinylrecords.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  6. ^ "Staff Lists: Top 50 Albums of 2003". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  7. ^ "Saturday Looks Good to Me: Fill Up the Room". Popmatter.com. October 28, 2007. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "Sunglasses 7" & Every Night Vinyl Reissues Out Now – Saturday Looks Good To Me | SLGTM | Official Site". SLGTM. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  9. ^ "Record Store Day 2012 – Special Releases". Recordstoreday.com. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  10. ^ "Enemy Planes, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Love of Everything". Chicago Reader. September 23, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2015.