Rocketship is an indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 band formed in Sacramento

Sacramento, California

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, California

California

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 in 1993. Led by singer-songwriter and guitarist Dustin Reske with bassist Vera Brock, keyboardist Heidi Barney and drummer Jim Rivas, the group released the single "Hey, Hey, Girl" in 1994 and the album A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness in 1996. After the album's release, the original line-up dissolved and Reske continued Rocketship essentially as a solo project, releasing the singles "Honey, I Need You" and "Get on the Floor (And Move It)" in 1997 and the albums Garden of Delights in 1999 and Here Comes... Rocketship in 2006.

Rocketship's sound can be described as '60s-style pop, characterized by ringing guitars and droning organs; although, as a solo project, Reske has taken the sound in an ambient

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

 direction.

Albums

• A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness (February 13, 1996)
  • Slumberland Records SLR 40
  1. "I Love You Like the Way That I Used to Do"
  2. "Kisses Are Always Promises"
  3. "Heather, Tell Me Why"
  4. "Let's Go Away"
  5. "I'm Lost Without You Here"
  6. "Carrie Cooksey"
  7. "We're Both Alone"
  8. "Friendships and Love"

• Garden of Delights (1999)
  • Drive-In Records drive26
  1. "We Took the High Road"
  2. "Butterflies"
  3. "Carved by Winds and Waters"
  4. "Artesian Wells"
  5. "Furness"
  6. "The Deadly Fisher"
  7. "Jewels from Many Lands"

• Here Comes... Rocketship (February 2006)
  • Nonstop Cooperative Records; CD-R only available from http://nonstopco-op.com
  1. "The Scene Section"
  2. "You're Too Young"
  3. "Oh! Woe Is Me"
  4. "The Foxes' Teeth"
  5. "No More Tomorrows"
  6. "They March in Line"
  7. "The Passersby"
  8. "I'm Gonna Take Your Place"
  9. "This Modern Livin'"
  10. "Good Intentions"
  11. "Noose and Saddle Blues"
  12. "Our New Track"

Singles

• "Hey, Hey, Girl" (1994)
  • 7" single; The Bus Stop Label BUS034
  1. "Hey, Hey, Girl"
  2. "Naomi and Me"
  3. "People I Know"

• Split single with Henry's Dress
  Henry's Dress
  Henry's Dress were a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico consisting of Amy Linton and Matt Hartman, who both acted as singer, guitarist and drummer at various times, and Hayyim Sanchez as bassist, formed in 1993...
  
   (May 1996)
  • 7" single; I Wish I Was a Slumberland Record
    Slumberland Records
    Slumberland Records is an American independent record label formed in 1989 in Washington, D.C. area and currently based in Oakland, CA. The label has released recordings from artists including Velocity Girl, Honeybunch, Lilys, Stereolab, St...
    
    WISH 006
  1. Henry's Dress – "Over 21"
  2. Henry's Dress – "Can't Make It Move"
  3. Rocketship – "It's Going to Be Soon"

• "Honey, I Need You" (1997)
  • 7" single; The Bus Stop Label BUS057
  1. "Honey, I Need You"
  2. "She's Gonna Make Me Cry"

• "Get on the Floor (And Move It)" (May 1997)
  • 7" single; Jigsaw Records PZL005
  1. "Get on the Floor (And Move It)"
  2. "All the Pleasures"

• Split EP with Trace (August 2003)
  • 2CD set; Omnibus Records omni030
  1. Rocketship – "The Quad"
  2. Rocketship – "James, That's All Over Now"
  3. Rocketship – "You'll Regret It Someday"
  4. Rocketship – "Never Going to Let You"
  5. Rocketship – "Post-Work Comedown"
  6. Trace – "Annuals"
  7. Trace – "Poles and Mountains"
  8. Trace – "Say It All Was True"
  9. Trace – "I Want Less"
  10. Trace – "You Should Know It"
  11. Trace – "Hall of Doom"
  12. Trace – "Do Loops"

External links

• Official site
• MP3s available on Nonstop Cooperative
• [ allmusic artist overview]
• Interview with Dustin Reske on guitargeek