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The New Year

01.27.06   /   Comments.03   /   Filed Under: New Music Friday
The New Year
The New Year

Matt and Bubba Kadan, founding members of Bedhead, didn’t take the disbanding of their seminal band lying down. They got up and formed The New Year with Chris Brokaw (Codeine) on drums, Mike Donofrio (Saturnine) on bass, and Peter Schmidt on guitar. They took some of the tunes they planned on using for the next Bedhead record that would never be, and headed to the studio.

The result is a couple of records that bear a few songs that are a bit more upbeat than what you would expect from members of Bedhead and Codeine. Oh, the trademark snooze-core is still there — the vocals are still bored and the music plods, but in a good way. These guys have honed prescription drug induced daydreaming and messy morning hair rock to a fuzzy-around-the-edges-and-drool-on-the-pillow point.

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Douwe
no. 1 / posted 01.31.06 / 2:07 AM

Hi,
Just a heads up: that link to the Saturnine isn’t right. I’m the bass player in that band and a founding member. Mike Donofrio must play in a different Saturnine.
Cheers, Douwe

Chris
no. 2 / posted 01.31.06 / 8:02 AM

Douwe,

My apologies. I just did a search for “Saturnine” so I could have a link. I saw the word “melancholic” on your site and figured I had a dead match. I thought, how many Saturnines could there be? It turns out I now can’t find a link for Donofrio’s Saturnine anywhere. That band is pretty elusive. Again, sorry for the confusion.

MD
no. 3 / posted 08.04.06 / 10:30 PM

Hi, the aforementioned mike donofrio here. saturnine has been largely dormant the last few years, although we have a new release in the works. here’s a link to an interview that followed our last release: http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/saturine.shtml

md

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