Satan Takes A Holiday became the talk of the town when they released their self-titled debut album late 2009. A week later they were nominated in the Best Rock category at the swedish P3 Guld Awards, and the singles MISSY and HEARTBREAKER were played regularly on the radio.
Their second album WHO DO YOU VOODOO was released March 2012 in Sweden, preceded by the single KARMA BABE (voted into the national radio station’s ”Hall of Fame” by the listeners). Two more singles off WHO DO YOU VOODOO were picked up by swedish radio.
In November 2014 ANIMAL MAN WOMAN – Satan Takes A Holiday's third full length album – was released. Recorded and produced by Stefan Brändström in The Dustward Studio, it marked a return to the energy of the debut album yet with songwriting even more elevated. The choice of studio and producer has proved the perfect fit and the result is a collection of songs truly bursting with the purpose to be played and experienced live. Head first. No holds barred.
With their mix of rock’n'roll, 60’s garage and 70’s groove, Satan Takes A Holiday are seen as one of the best live bands in Sweden. The band are regulars at festivals, as well as having been on stints with Mustasch and Juliette Lewis, an extensive European tour with Nicke Andersson’s Imperial State Electric and in 2013 they supported living legends KISS at Sweden’s new national arena in front of an audience of 30 000 people.
Following the release of ANIMAL MAN WOMAN Svante Nordström (drums) left the band and was replaced by Danne McKenzie (Truckfighters, Mustasch). Danne’s natural high energy level and stage charisma helped to further elevate the bands live performances. High on the inspiration stemming from this new line-up, work on new material started and in September of 2015 production got underway on what would ultimately become Satan Takes A Holiday’s forth album – ALIENS.
In august of 2016 the band signed to Despotz Records, a label with creative solutions and a sharp sense and relationship to the business today together with a distinct commitment to the artists visions. In 2017 they will bring STAH to the world.
ALIENS is essentially an album that deals with alienation, anxiety and powerlessness – feeling out of place in contemporary culture, in social contexts as well as in oneself. To be standing in the center of the present only to be asking oneself: ’how the hell did this happen!?’
Sonically and lyrically, the album is steeped in frustration and anger. Songs like the opener GOOD COP BAD COP, the single THE BEAT, the manic coming-undone-story of LADDER TO CLIMB and the somewhat awkward QUEEN MOTHER all – in their own way – deal with inner and outer demons, to suffocate or let loose, to struggle or to cave, to fight or to give in. In songs like IRON PIPE, WRINKLAY and BORN AT NIGHT the band turns outward and comments – by way of their peculiar blend of humor and sincerity – topics ranging from right wing populism to filter bubbles and tunnel vision. In GET YOU GIRL, MORE IS MORE, LOVE ME LIKE I LOVE ME, and the cover WHY DON’T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD? new and old fans of the band gets their fair share of STAH’s vintage mix of cockiness, self-deprecation and sarcasm.
Aliens is the band’s most complex, introspective and dynamic album to date. It is a quintessential Satan Takes A Holiday album with added tension and nerve – as always delivered with truly unstoppable and immediate energy.
Radio
Satan Takes a Holiday Lyrics
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Let's just shake 'em real good
Like all good girls
And the good boys would
And let's be friends
They would call us by our names
Don't have to love it to do it
Oh believe me
We are all deceiving
And I'm not to sure
That you'll like what you'll see
My radio is off
Let's be good
Let's get off
You've got to earn it
'Cause you want it
Don't you girl?
Keep your lights off
And look the other way
Just keep believing
Someone else is
Kneeling for them
Boy
Oh believe me
We are deceiving
I'm not to sure
If you know what I mean
My radio is off
The song "Radio" by Satan Takes a Holiday appears to be about the duplicity of human interaction and how people often pretend to be something they are not in order to fit in or be accepted by others. The opening lines "Let's shake hands, let's just shake 'em real good, like all good girls and the good boys would" seem to suggest that the singer is being sarcastic about the social conventions that people follow in order to seem respectable or polite, while acknowledging that these conventions are often meaningless. The lines "Let's be friends, they would call us by our names, don't have to love it to do it, yes we know the game" further emphasize the idea that social interactions are often superficial, and that people do what they think they have to in order to fit in.
However, the song takes a darker turn when the singer states that "we are all deceiving" and that the listener may not like what they see. The lines "keep your lights off and look the other way, just keep believing someone else is kneeling for them boy" suggest that the singer is talking about sexual or power dynamics that are hidden from view, and that people often turn a blind eye to them in order to maintain their own status or comfort. The repeated line "my radio is off" serves as a metaphor for shutting out the world and refusing to engage with the lies and deceptions that surround us.
Overall, the song "Radio" seems to be a commentary on the ways in which people are socialized to conform to certain expectations and pretend to be something they are not in order to fit in. However, the song also suggests that this conformity is inherently dangerous, as it allows for hidden abuses of power and perpetuates a cycle of deception and denial.
Line by Line Meaning
Let's shake hands
Let us greet each other politely
Let's just shake 'em real good
Let's shake hands with energy and enthusiasm
Like all good girls
As is expected of polite young women
And the good boys would
And as polite young men would do
And let's be friends
Let us strive to have a friendly relationship
They would call us by our names
They would refer to us using our actual names
Don't have to love it to do it
It is not necessary to enjoy something in order to do it
Yes we know the game
We understand how this works
Oh believe me
Trust me
We are all deceiving
All of us are being dishonest in some way
And I'm not to sure
I am not entirely confident
That you'll like what you'll see
That you will find what you see appealing
My radio is off
I am not listening
Let's be good
Let us be moral and proper
Let's get off
Let us leave this place
You've got to earn it
You have to work for it
'Cause you want it
Because you desire it
Don't you girl?
Isn't that so, young woman?
Keep your lights off
Do not let others see what you are doing
And look the other way
Pretend not to see something
Just keep believing
Just maintain your false sense of hope
Someone else is
Another person is
Kneeling for them
Bowing down to them
Boy
Young man
I'm not to sure
I am not entirely confident
If you know what I mean
If you understand my implied point
Oh believe me
Trust me
We are deceiving
We are being dishonest
My radio is off
I am not listening
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: FRED BURMAN, JOHANNES LINDSJOEOE, PATRIK BERGER, SVANTE NORDSTROEM
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