Tuesday, September 1, 2009
(SS-0117) SARA SCARE - THE WIRES ARE SHOWING CD $10.00
Sara Scare is Levi Jacob Bailey (Clear Days Always, Spit For Athena) and Steven Thomas, who first met during their time together in the short-lived band CCCCCCC. Steven writes and programs all the music and Levi writes and performs all the lyrics/vocals. It's all very glossy, pop-ish stuff, but with a layer of distortion that makes everything too noisy for most people, and with lyrics that no one will want to hear (topics include a failing marriage, murder, the end of the music industry and the end of the world). In other words, it's sure to please very few people. One might enjoy one aspect of Sara Scare while being completely disgusted with another. Good times. With your purchase of this CD, you will receive a small, handmade lyric booklet, so you'll be sure to understand every awful word. These booklets are limited (as in, we'll make them until we don't feel like dealing with it anymore, and making the first twenty was a pain in the ass), so hurry up and send us your fucking cash.

You might notice that we have a new home. Self-Satisfied can now be found by typing at selfsatisfied.net. We're working on making a new site, and this existing site has been transplanted from another location, so please let us know if you notice any broken links or any other problems.

Coming Soon: Save Me From The Gallup Poll

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
(SS-0116) THE CHANTEYMEN - DOWN CD $8.00
This is the debut full-length from The Chanteymen. This has been out since May, he's done the CD release party thing and all that...We're getting it late because he had trouble getting us the artwork. It GLITTERS, you see. That alone should move you to want this CD in your collection, but let's keep the juice flowing: This album follows through on promises made with the No Straight Lines EP (SS-0111). Upon listening to the album, one might be reminded of recent Hayden, Sap-era Alice In Chains, or Brian Van Der Ark singing honest songs instead of polished turds. Chris has an amazing voice, and has a black belt in mood. It's solid-ass music. You should buy this. Visit his MySpace, listen to the music, tell him he's wonderful, send him money.

In other Self-Satisfied news: Marc Palm is still cranking out amazing comics on his blog, and now he's also busy making t-shirts just for you. If you're not paying attention to Marc, you're only hurting yourself. He's one of the good ones, damn you. Support him.

Coming Soon: Sara Scare - The Wires Are Showing

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
(SS-0115) STEVEN THOMAS - THE FLOYD JONES EP CD $8.00 OR FREE DOWNLOAD
Steven Thomas is an artist and musician living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Floyd Jones EP is his first album as a solo artist, having previously recorded as guitarist for CCCCCCC (see SS-0107). These seven short compositions combine elements of classical and electronic music, and are inspired and dedicated to Steven's close friend, who lends his name for the title, with the song titles serving as references to various themes and experiences in his life. If you don't feel you need something you can hold in your hand (you cheap bastard), Steven is offering this album as a free download from his website, where you should also take a moment to enjoy some of his excellent art. Steven is currently working with Levi Bailey (Clear Days Always, Spit For Athena) on their Sara Scare project, which will also see a 2009 release on Self-Satisfied.

Coming Soon: Save Me From The Gallup Poll, The Chanteymen's "Down"

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
(SS-0114) CLEAR DAYS ALWAYS - SAVAGES CD $8.00 OR FREE DOWNLOAD
Clear Days Always has many faces (folk, noise, electronica), so it can be a bit confusing to figure out what you're getting from release to release. Let us help you: This is rock band Clear Days Always. Nasty guitars, yelled/screamed vocals, lyrics that could have been written by Tom Araya or Steve Albini. Swans? Old Helmet? Anyways, it's not acoustic. Don't expect it to be acoustic stuff. As always, if you don't have the $8.00 to spend on the real thing, you can listen to/download it HERE from archive.org. You lucky dogs.

Coming very soon: Steven Thomas, Save Me From The Gallup Poll

Tuesday, March 3, 2009
(SS-0113) MY DOPPELGANGER - 2009 CD-R $5.00
Hello. My name is Michael Keaton, and I'm here to announce the fabulous new release from My Doppelganger, titled 2008. Don't let the simple title fool you: there's a shitload of complexity on this album that you probably won't be able to swallow after just one listen. Samples surgically combined in such a flavorful way that you might forget your name. Well, you can't have mine! There's only one Michael Keaton, right? Anyways, you should buy this CD-R if you're into MF Doom minus the rapping, or maybe you like flipping through the channels on your TV really fast and making up your own shows? It's $5.00, my friend. You need this music in your life.

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow: Clear Days Always Savages is coming soon.

As always, check out our list of streamable/downloadable music, courtesy of archive.org.  New stuff added all the time, people.  You can't beat free.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009
(SS-0112) TERRIBLE TERRIBLE CD $5.00 OR FREE DOWNLOAD
More metal than Self-Satisfied is used to, but it feels kinda nice shoved up there, you know? Levi Bailey and Matt Budd, who have previously worked together in Dropsy, Noma, Spit For Athena, and Clear Days Always, e-mailed tracks back and forth over the course of a few months, and this is the EP they managed to come up with. Not quite up to par with their heroes in Daughters, The Locust, and Today Is The Day, but a decent effort. Available on CD or as a free download from archive.org.

Speaking of free downloads, I should take a minute to mention our updated mp3/download area. After discovering the wonderful archive.org, we've decided to slowly upload all of our releases to the website. We upload pure .wav files, and they automatically process them into other formats alongside the .wav files, giving you lots of choices. There's a neat little flash player so you can preview what you're downloading...It's all fantastic. If you download something, please leave a comment. It's nice to hear what people think about all of this music. Check out the list HERE, and check back often for updates.

Upcoming Self-Satisfied shows:
THE CHANTEYMEN
01/22/09...Marquette, MI @ Devos Art Museum

CLEAR DAYS ALWAYS
01/17/09...Grand Rapids , MI @ Teasers

SAH
03/15/09...Detroit, MI @ Trumbullplex

SPIT FOR ATHENA
01/16/09...Grand Rapids , MI @ Skelletones
02/07/09...Chicago , IL @ Reggie's

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