{"id":16942,"date":"2022-04-13T19:50:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T19:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=16942"},"modified":"2022-04-13T19:50:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T19:50:24","slug":"northern-california-supergroup-red-hot-shame-blasts-into-space-with-their-new-album-my-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2022\/04\/13\/northern-california-supergroup-red-hot-shame-blasts-into-space-with-their-new-album-my-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern California Supergroup RED HOT SHAME Blasts Into Space With Their New Album MY SATELLITE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RED HOT SHAME<\/strong>\u00a0is the brainchild of singer-songwriter\u00a0Xeff Scolari<\/strong>\u00a0and his fluctuating lineup of Northern California based musical partners in crime. For the new RED HOT SHAME album\u00a0MY SATELLITE<\/em><\/strong>, available April 15, 2022, Xeff Scolari recorded with frequent collaborators Steven Pitsenbarger (vocals, percussion),\u00a0Ryan Wilson<\/strong>\u00a0(guitar),\u00a0Spencer Kennedy<\/strong>\u00a0(bass),\u00a0Rick Fugate<\/strong>\u00a0(drums),\u00a0James Terris<\/strong>\u00a0(keys), and\u00a0Mark Bennet<\/strong>\u00a0(harmonica), a lineup that brings an energy and excitement to RED HOT SHAME that Xeff Scolari could not accomplish alone. Together they are a creative force that launches\u00a0MY SATELLITE<\/em>\u00a0into another dimension! Performances feel like a wild ride where anything can happen at any moment, turning the band\u2019s live shows into can\u2019t miss events.

The new RED HOT SHAME album\u00a0MY SATELLITE<\/em>\u00a0was recorded, mixed, and mastered collaboratively by the whole group at Xeff Scolari\u2019s own\u00a0Shameful Studio<\/strong>\u00a0in late 2021. The band is full of talented multi-instrumentalists who added layers of sonic textures including horns, vintage mellotron, and even accordion. The album starts with a literal bang on the opening track\u00a0\u201cLiftoff,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and from there soars into musical outer space. Xeff Scolari puts it best as he later sings, \u201cHold on dear, come on, rocket!\u201d The album\u2019s songs range thematically from birth, death, and rebirth, to love and loss, and to everything in between.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A resident of Eureka, CA, lead vocalist and songwriter Xeff Scolari has played in several other local bands including\u00a0Colorblind<\/strong>,\u00a0Acoustic Gypsies<\/strong>,\u00a0Sugardaddy<\/strong>, and\u00a0Chowderhead<\/strong>, the last of which was on the\u00a0Magnetic Oblivion Records<\/strong>\u00a0label. Throughout 2020 he created and launched Shelter N Play, an online virtual open mic with musicians signing up to perform 15-minute sets from all over the country, a hugely valuable resource to the musical community throughout the pandemic. These also helped Xeff to further hone his own vocal and songwriting chops, and it was actually through the\u00a0Shelter N Play<\/strong>\u00a0open mics that Xeff met bassist Spencer Kennedy and guitarist Ryan Wilson, a fortuitous meeting indeed.

Soaring through this instrumental journey is a vocal blending that is rich with decades of collaboration and friendship; Xeff Scolari has been singing together with Steven Pitsenbarger for so long that it feels like instinct. Steven Pitsenbarger was a member of the San Francisco bands\u00a0RhythmChaos<\/strong>, and\u00a0Machine Shop<\/strong>, and has been making music together with Xeff since the late 80s. The only core member of the band that doesn\u2019t live near the rest, Steven collaborated on many of the songs via email, sending tracks back and forth to Xeff. Together they also have another band known as\u00a0Vanity Project<\/strong>.

Guitarist Ryan Wilson\u2019s inventive stylings bring the RED HOT SHAME sound to life. They call his pedalboard \u201cthe spaceship\u201d because of all the crazy sounds he is able to get out of it. He also performs with bassist and multi-instrumentalist Spencer Kennedy in another group called\u00a0Stable Vices<\/strong>, who were regulars at Xeff\u2019s Shelter N Play open mics. Drummer Rick Fugate has a well-known face in Eureka, playing punk songs on his accordion on the streets during\u00a0Arts Alive\u00a0<\/strong>monthly events. When he\u2019s done there, he jumps behind the drum kit for RED HOT SHAME. James Terris has been playing music with Xeff Scolari since his very first band in the late 80s and also plays keys with the touring Neil Diamond tribute band\u00a0Super Diamond<\/strong>.

RED HOT SHAME began in 2017 when it was just Xeff Scolari with a few guest tracks by some close friends like Steven Pitsenbarger and James Terris on the debut release\u00a0Curiosity<\/em><\/strong>. In 2021, Red Hot shame released the follow up album\u00a0Sounds Like<\/em><\/strong>, which also featured\u00a0Chad Johnson<\/strong>. The new RED HOT SHAME album\u00a0MY SATELLITE<\/em>\u00a0is available April 15, 2022. The band will have several performances in support of the album across Northern California, and plan to release a\u00a0My Satellite LIVE<\/em>\u00a0album before the year is through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about RED HOT SHAME please visit: www.redhotshame.com<\/a>
To order or stream MY SATELLITE<\/em> please visit: https:\/\/smarturl.it\/RHSMySatellite<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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