Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots and Trip The Witch, along with vocalist Pete Shoulder, will release their latest collaboration, One More Satellite, on July 18 via Symphonic. Pre-order album here.
Dean DeLeo recently spoke with Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation. During the conversation, he talks about making One More Satellite’s first record. SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation, hosted by Eddie Trunk, airs daily at 3 PM, ET on SiriusXM’s Faction Talk. Audio clip and transcript below courtesy of SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation.
On making One More Satellite’s first record, DeLeo reveals: “You know, man, I never really set out to go for anything. I just kind of, and I don’t have enough knowledge within the guitar. I’ll tell you man, if and when I do sit down to write, it’s almost like something’s there and I just have to reach out and grab it. And it’s almost, I stumble upon things because, you know, I’ve learned a lot over the years from the guys I play with, man. I learned a lot. And, you know, I said earlier, you know, I’m just doing my best Robert DeLeo, like, you know, playing with Robert all these years I’ve learned so much from him. And playing with Kretz, you know, Kretz is such a musical drummer and, you know, his groove is just so incredible. So, you know, I had this wonderful opportunity to be in a band with musicians of this caliber.
“And then while making the Trip The Witch record, I don’t know if you’ve ever heard that record, I did that with, you know, Tom Bukovac, you know? Probably the most sought after session cat in Nashville. And that was a real learning experience for me, even at this stage in my life. You know, we just made that record back in heck, I don’t know, 2022, I guess we released that. Or, no, what am I saying? Yeah, I think we released that in ‘22. So, you know, look, you’re only as good as those who you’re surrounded by, right? You know, I’m like a sponge when I get in a room with guys of this level of musicianship. And I just, I learn and it kind of comes to me in that way. But as far as writing, I don’t really set out. It’s more like I stumble upon something and when I start putting the song together, I have a sonic outline of how I want it to sound. And it’s just a matter of getting in the studio and to get what’s going on in my bean to come out of the speakers.
One More Satellite presents a diverse collection of songs. “I was simply sitting on some songs I wanted to record,” says DeLeo. “What started out as an instrumental album, quickly changed soon after Pete and I chatted. He was going to sing on a song or two, then wound up singing on eight of the ten on the record.”
The collaboration with UK-based vocalist and lyricist Pete Shoulder (pictured above) and DeLeo went quite well and voila, through a transatlantic workflow…One More Satellite was born. “I was excited to hear the new music Dean wanted to collaborate on,” says Shoulder. “We’ve worked together in the past and it’s always been an absolute pleasure making music with him. The stuff he comes up with is so interesting, with so many beautiful, unexpected, twists and turns. It’s very inspiring to write to and pushes me into realms that I would never usually think of exploring. I’m very proud of the album we’ve made.”
The debut single, “Paper Over The Cracks”, will be out May 8. Have a listen
DeLeo’s son Rocco drums on “Drowning Out The Sun,” “Willow Mae” and “Spit It Out.” Stone Temple Pilots drummer Eric Kretz plays on “Serenade” and Brian Tichy drums the rest. Daughter June DeLeo lends a lovely “aaah”…vocal on “Your Call,” and long-time collaborator, Ryan Williams co-produced and mixed the album.
One More Satellite will be available digitally and on CD and vinyl. More merch items including posters and t-shirts can be found here.
One More Satellite tracklisting:
“Paper Over The Cracks”
“Vultures”
“Long Way Down”
“Drowning Out The Sun”
“Serenade”
“Can Of Worms”
“Willow Mae”
“Spit It Out”
“Pull Back The Veiil”
“Your Call”
“Paper Over The Cracks” video:
(Dean DeLeo photo – Wendybird Fotos; Pete Shoulder photo – Scott Wynne)
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Dean DeLeo recently spoke with Eddie Trunk on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation. During the conversation, he talks about making One More Satellite’s first record. SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation, hosted by Eddie Trunk, airs daily at 3 PM, ET on SiriusXM’s Faction Talk. Audio clip and transcript below courtesy of SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation.
On making One More Satellite’s first record, DeLeo reveals: “You know, man, I never really set out to go for anything. I just kind of, and I don’t have enough knowledge within the guitar. I’ll tell you man, if and when I do sit down to write, it’s almost like something’s there and I just have to reach out and grab it. And it’s almost, I stumble upon things because, you know, I’ve learned a lot over the years from the guys I play with, man. I learned a lot. And, you know, I said earlier, you know, I’m just doing my best Robert DeLeo, like, you know, playing with Robert all these years I’ve learned so much from him. And playing with Kretz, you know, Kretz is such a musical drummer and, you know, his groove is just so incredible. So, you know, I had this wonderful opportunity to be in a band with musicians of this caliber.
“And then while making the Trip The Witch record, I don’t know if you’ve ever heard that record, I did that with, you know, Tom Bukovac, you know? Probably the most sought after session cat in Nashville. And that was a real learning experience for me, even at this stage in my life. You know, we just made that record back in heck, I don’t know, 2022, I guess we released that. Or, no, what am I saying? Yeah, I think we released that in ‘22. So, you know, look, you’re only as good as those who you’re surrounded by, right? You know, I’m like a sponge when I get in a room with guys of this level of musicianship. And I just, I learn and it kind of comes to me in that way. But as far as writing, I don’t really set out. It’s more like I stumble upon something and when I start putting the song together, I have a sonic outline of how I want it to sound. And it’s just a matter of getting in the studio and to get what’s going on in my bean to come out of the speakers.
One More Satellite presents a diverse collection of songs. “I was simply sitting on some songs I wanted to record,” says DeLeo. “What started out as an instrumental album, quickly changed soon after Pete and I chatted. He was going to sing on a song or two, then wound up singing on eight of the ten on the record.”
The collaboration with UK-based vocalist and lyricist Pete Shoulder (pictured above) and DeLeo went quite well and voila, through a transatlantic workflow…One More Satellite was born. “I was excited to hear the new music Dean wanted to collaborate on,” says Shoulder. “We’ve worked together in the past and it’s always been an absolute pleasure making music with him. The stuff he comes up with is so interesting, with so many beautiful, unexpected, twists and turns. It’s very inspiring to write to and pushes me into realms that I would never usually think of exploring. I’m very proud of the album we’ve made.”
The debut single, “Paper Over The Cracks”, will be out May 8. Have a listen
DeLeo’s son Rocco drums on “Drowning Out The Sun,” “Willow Mae” and “Spit It Out.” Stone Temple Pilots drummer Eric Kretz plays on “Serenade” and Brian Tichy drums the rest. Daughter June DeLeo lends a lovely “aaah”…vocal on “Your Call,” and long-time collaborator, Ryan Williams co-produced and mixed the album.
One More Satellite will be available digitally and on CD and vinyl. More merch items including posters and t-shirts can be found here.
One More Satellite tracklisting:
“Paper Over The Cracks”
“Vultures”
“Long Way Down”
“Drowning Out The Sun”
“Serenade”
“Can Of Worms”
“Willow Mae”
“Spit It Out”
“Pull Back The Veiil”
“Your Call”
“Paper Over The Cracks” video:
(Dean DeLeo photo – Wendybird Fotos; Pete Shoulder photo – Scott Wynne)
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