A Retrospective (Saetia album)

A Retrospective
Compilation album by Saetia
Released	October 1, 2001
Recorded	April 1997 – Spring 1999
Genre	Screamo
Length	72:34
Label	Level Plane
Saetia chronology

Last updated March 05, 2019

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Collective Zine	favorable^[2]
Delusions of Adequacy	favorable^[3]
Exclaim!	favorable^[4]

A Retrospective is a compilation album composed of the entire recorded output of screamo band Saetia, released October 1, 2001 by Level Plane. The album, which also includes five live recordings taken from one of the last shows the band performed at ABC No Rio, was remastered entirely by Alan Douches.

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

Screamo is an aggressive subgenre of emo that emerged in the early 1990s, emphasizing "willfully experimental dissonance and dynamics." It was pioneered by San Diego bands Heroin and Antioch Arrow and developed in the late 1990s mainly by bands from the East Coast of the United States such as Orchid, Saetia, and Pg. 99. Screamo is strongly influenced by hardcore punk and characterized by the use of screamed vocals. Lyrical themes usually include emotional pain, death, romance, and human rights. "Screamo" has often been mistakenly used as an umbrella term for any music that features screamed vocals.

Saetia was a New York City-based screamo band. Their name originates from a misspelling of the Miles Davis track "Saeta", from his album Sketches of Spain. While relatively unknown during their existence, the band is now seen as one of the most critically lauded bands of the late-1990s screamo scene. Their music has been called an "essential document" for fans of the genre.

Track listing

No.	Title	Taken from	Length
1.	"Notres Langues Nous Trompent"	Saetia	2:37
2.	"The Sweetness and the Light"	Saetia	2:47
3.	"An Open Letter"	Saetia	2:28
4.	"Woodwell"	Saetia	2:20
5.	"Corporeal"	Saetia	4:19
6.	"Ariadne's Thread"	Saetia	2:41
7.	"From the Firmament"	Saetia	2:19
8.	"Postlapsaria"	Saetia	4:48
9.	"Endymion"	Saetia	4:19
10.	"Roquentin"	Eronel	2:53
11.	"The Poet You Never Were"	Eronel	3:43
12.	"Some Natures Catch No Plagues"	Eronel	4:16
13.	"The Burden of Reflecting"	Demo	2:38
14.	"Closed Hands"	Demo	3:51
15.	"Venus and Bacchus"	Demo	3:19
16.	"One Dying Wish"	Demo	4:42
17.	"Becoming the Truth"	ABC No Rio Benefit(compilation appearance)	2:38
18.	"The Poet You Never Were" (live)	ABC No Rio, Spring 1999	3:48
19.	"Ariadne's Thread" (live)	ABC No Rio, Spring 1999	2:29
20.	"Notres Langues Nous Trompent" (live)	ABC No Rio, Spring 1999	2:41
21.	"The Sweetness and the Light" (live)	ABC No Rio, Spring 1999	2:48
22.	"Endymion" (live)	ABC No Rio, Spring 1999	4:09

Personnel

Billy Werner - vocals
Jamier Behar - guitar
Adam Marino - guitar (tracks 1-9, 13-17)
Colin Bartoldus - bass (tracks 1-9) guitar (tracks 10-12)
Alex Madara - bass (tracks 13-17)
Steve Roche - bass (tracks 10-12)
Greg Drudy - drums
Adam Schwartz - photography

Billy Werner is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and DJ. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the post-hardcore bands Saetia and Hot Cross.

Greg Drudy is an American musician, primarily known for playing drums in several indie rock and screamo bands in the 1990s and 2000s. Drudy started his career on drums practicing with the defunct band Quid Pro Quo in a Tampa warehouse next door to fellow warehouse owners Cannibal Corpse and Brutality. Drudy was the drummer for the bands Southpaw and Saetia, and was the original drummer for the band Interpol. He left Interpol in 2000 and was replaced by Sam Fogarino. He formerly played drums for Hot Cross and runs both Level Plane Records and Enucleation Records. Drudy is a graduate of New York University. He is currently married.

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References

↑ A Retrospective at AllMusic
↑ Deller, Alex. "Saetia - A Retrospective". collective-zine.co-uk. Collective Zine. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
↑ Marsh (2002-04-02), Jeff. "Saetia - A Retrospective". adeqyacy.net. Delusions of Adequacy. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
↑ Gramlich, Chris. "Saetia - A Retrospective". exclaim.ca. Exclaim!. Retrieved 2017-06-20.

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[1] A Retrospective at AllMusic

[CZ-2] Deller, Alex. "Saetia - A Retrospective". collective-zine.co-uk. Collective Zine. Retrieved 2017-06-20.

[DoA2-3] Marsh (2002-04-02), Jeff. "Saetia - A Retrospective". adeqyacy.net. Delusions of Adequacy. Retrieved 2017-06-20.

[E!-4] Gramlich, Chris. "Saetia - A Retrospective". exclaim.ca. Exclaim!. Retrieved 2017-06-20.