June & the Satellites Press kit

Night Train to Dearborn

Six players cut eight songs live to two‑inch tape.

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Satellite Rail Records, JTS-004. Out .

The Night Train to Dearborn sleeve: a pink sun setting into a blue field over railroad tracks, purple where the two inks cross.

Four songs from side A

Played live in your browser from each song’s changes. Switch a stem off to hear the rest of the band without it.

01 Dearborn Station

D minor, 92 bpm, 4:12 on the LP

0:00 / 0:44
Stems

Liner notes

The tune June brought in first: a melody she hummed on the last Metra out of the Loop, waiting for a connection that didn’t come. Theo plays it straight the first time and leans into it the second. The band left the count-off on the tape.

  • June AveryLead vocal, songs
  • Theo BanksTenor saxophone, flute
  • Marisol VegaRhodes, Wurlitzer
  • Desmond PryorUpright bass
  • Kenji AbeDrums

Take 3 of 4, day one. Drums and bass faced each other six feet apart with no baffles. The Rhodes went through a borrowed Fender Twin miked at the grille.

Eight songs, two sides

No.TitleTime
Side A
01Dearborn Station4:12
02Brass & Rainwater3:48
03Second Shift Lullaby5:04
04Halsted After Midnight4:36
Side B
05Lake Shore Static3:56On the LP
06Union Pacific Hymn4:48On the LP
07The Satellites Come Home5:20On the LP
08Dearborn (Reprise)2:34On the LP
Rows of knobs on a large analogue mixing console.

Cut live in one room

Recorded at
Grand Crossing Sound, Chicago
Engineer
Ruth Okonkwo
Tape
Two-inch, 16-track, 15 ips
Sessions
Three days, eleven takes kept

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Vinyl color
Pressing
180-gram vinyl, 33⅓ rpm
Cut
Lacquers cut from the 2-inch masters
Sleeve
Tip-on gatefold with the full session sheet
Inside
Printed inner sleeve with lyrics and liner notes
Includes
Download of the digital edition

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The record release run

Eight rooms by train and van, in the weeks after release. Booking a room near the route? Every date links to the press kit.

  1. Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Toronto, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn, starting on release night.

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