There’s something to be said about a humble band from the eastern United States who, with limited promotion, has already started building a global fan base after their first and only album release. Rosetta is one of these bands who have shown that accomplishing this takes little more than putting out an album that is worthy of the word of mouth it has received since October 2005. I had a chance to speak with Dave earlier this month, who plays bass in the quartet, about future releases, their 2006 tour, and other things.

I was able to see you guys twice during the Summer 2006 tour, first in Portland, and then again in Salt Lake City. Aside from the tour having to end early for several reasons, how would you say it went over all?

Over all the tour went really well. We had a chance to travel to numerous places we’d never been before and play to people who had never heard of our band before. It was also great to meet people who had The Galilean Satellites but had never had the chance to see us before. We got to play with great bands like Day Without Dawn, Tides and The Heuristic.

I’ve read hints about The Galilean Satellites being released on vinyl. Is that still a possibility?

As of right now there will be a version of The Galilean Satellites on vinyl but I’m unsure of when it well be released.

Do you have any comments on what you’re doing for the next album? Two new songs were played in Portland, and both were pretty solid. Would guys you say those are sticking around for the next release or are you still just testing things out?

One of those new songs is actually on a split with our friends in Balboa that will be out in April on Level Plane. The other song will be on the album. So far we have 3 songs done and have a couple others that still need some work. As of right now we are going to start tracking drums march 17 in Brooklyn with Colin from Dysrhythmia / Behold… The Arctopus / Byla / Infidel / Castro.

The concept of the last album felt tangible in a way where a listener could make sense of not only the story through the lyrics, but the mood and feelings that exude from it thanks to the music. Are there ideas for a concept of the next album, or would it be too early to say?

It’s a little too early to say what the concept for the next record will be. Armines kicking around some ideas but I don’t think he has anything set in stone yet.

Are you planning to use similar methods of recording, producing, and mastering the next album? I remember reading that Matt ended up mastering the final copy himself after some trial and error with other helpful hands.

We are going to do part of the album with Colin and than record the rest of it ourselves. Matt most likely will end up mixing it but he probably won’t master the new album.

What albums have you been listening to lately on your own time?

Intronaut – Void, Day Without Dawn – Demos, Giant – Song, Jeff Buckley – all, Bjork – all, Russian circles – Enter and King Crimson - Beat


You can hear clips of Rosetta’s album on their Myspace page or visit their website here.