Product DescriptionLos Angeles based singer/songwriter Brandon Schott returns with his 4th record, 13 SATELLITES, on October 25th.
After the quiet catharsis that was his 2009's post cancer reflection DANDELION, Brandon celebrates life with his most vibrant and playful collection of songs to date. Brandon, originally from Northern Virginia, has been named one of Music Connections Hot 100 Artists four years in a row. Additionally, his song Fire Season won Best Song in the Acoustic/Folk category at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
13 SATELLITES was born as a cross-continental collaboration with drummer Billy Hawn during the spring of 2010 - and also features tracks flown in from Portland, OR, Manchester, NH, and the not-quite-as-far-away Burbank, CA where Schott's longtime collaborator Jason Wormer (Steve Earle, Elton John & Leon Russell, Elvis Costello & T-Bone Burnett) mixed and mastered the record into a warm, deep groove. A true Satellite project, for sure, states Schott.
The songs on 13 SATELLITES reflect a new beginning, both in life and in art. The record is a celebration of all we had gone through as a family, and a childlike wonder at all that was to come, Brandon says. This wide-eyed spirit shines through these 13 songs, from the whimsical free fall that is the first single Satellite, to the eastern spirituality of Flowers Fading, to the piano romp that is Exploding Angel. The sound of the late Beatles is apparent throughout the record vocally and tonally, not to mention it's whimsical enigmatic feel. This is the first of Brandon's records to be purely recorded and self-produced at his home studio in Glendale.