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THEESatisfaction - awE naturalE

Review by Hayley Avron

Disgracefully brief, awE naturalE comes on like a fierce, warm wave and ebbs away before you can even figure out how which way round the surfboard goes.»

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theesatisfaction are stasia irons and catherine harris-white. the pair live / laugh / love / dance and create in seattle, wa. they write, produce and perform their own material: funk-psychedelic feminista sci-fi epics with the warmth and depth of black jazz and sunday morning soul, frosted with icy raps that evoke equal parts elaine brown, ursula rucker and q-tip. immediately embraced for their singular sound, unflinching commentary, and immortal groove, stas and cat made friends, fans and family from coast to coast via their own immaculate grind; a combo of sharp digital hustle and self-booked, self-financed tours that connected them to like minds everywhere. even crowds with nary a right foot between them find the steps when indoctrinated with theesat's unorthodox but right-on-time rhythms. like their comrades shabazz palaces (you may have heard these two on the 2011 shabazz palaces album 'black up'), theesatisfaction came upon the scene with lovingly handmade cds of their self-released albums, the first of which was 2008's 'that's weird'. all has been in preparation for the album they've envisioned for years, their debut full-length on sub pop records, 'awe naturale'.
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