The Society of Rockets

 

"An SF indie psych blooze cosmic dirtburst country, and now rhumba, freakout"

San Francisco singer/cosmonaut leader Joshua Babcock's kozmic soul group the Society of Rockets, their fourth album "FUTURE FACTORY" 2XLP (Limited) are available on Underpop Records U.S.A. / Three Ring Records, 21 Tracks on 4-Sided of 180g White Vinyl.

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San Francisco’s the Society of Rockets released their fourth album, “Future Factory.” The band’s singer and cosmonaut leader, Joshua Babcock has proclaimed the 21-track psych-pop album as being “designed to function as an hour-long sonic map of utopias that never were and have yet to be.” Babcock’s team of musical chemists includes Adam Dobrer on bass, David Isbister on piano and keyboards, Steve Wertheim on drums, Robin Wageman on guitar, and multi-instrumentalist Lorelei David on theremin, flute, and xylophone. Longtime associate Ben Tinker also joined in, contributing all of the freshly unearthed analog synth tones peppered throughout "Future Factory." 

The lab results for “Future Factory” have tested positive for a kind of Faust (Krautrock) meets Unrest (90s Indie) meets Milton Nascimento (post-Tropicalia samba) concoction. The dense, communal vocals are anchored by the trio of Babcock, Wageman, and Wertheim (with others occasionally joining in), recalling the choral arrangements of both the cocktail sci-fi of Esquivel-by-way-of-Stereolab and the eternal grace of the Beach Boys.

“Future Factory” was engineered by Christopher Cline (…Trail of Dead, Scrabbel), Eli Crews (Beulah, Deerhoof, WHY?), and Ben Tinker. Mixing by Cline and the band. Mastering was completed by Gary Hobish (Willie Nelson, Dr. John, Creedence Clearwater Revival). The Society of Rockets have shared the stage with Dominique Leone, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, and Hard Place among others.  (Three Ring Records)