When you hear that a band hails from Detroit you almost certainly start to expect them to have a distinct sound to them. Whether it's the straight blues of the White Stripes, the static edge of MC5 or harking further back there's Motown and any number of jazz greats who are forever tied to the motor city.
Bands with big indie sounds don't tend to be related to Detroit. The Satin Peaches are all about a big sound, which, with the state of indie guitar music these days is something of a breath of fresh air. At first The Satin Peaches had us trawling the internet to see if any members of JJ72 had started a new band. Turns out they haven't.
Emma and Wash It Away both deal in the kind of impassioned bluster that indie bands used to have around about 1992-94. Vocally they might have a bit of JJ72 about them, but musically this is all soaring guitars and lush arrangements. Think Siamese Dream era Smashing Pumpkins (only not as good) or Placebo when they were sticking out singles like Nancy Boy.
There are muscles in the guitars and more than a hint of the fey in the vocals, but this is pretty good stuff. When they let things rip they sound unstoppable, but then who couldn't be a sucker for cascading noisy guitars when the likes of The Hoosiers exist. They're not the finished article yet, but things are looking pretty peachy for The Satin Peaches.
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