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New York indie rock band Slow Fiction<\/a> have announced their debut album,\u00a0dollhouse<\/em>, out on August 7th via the new label Tight Knit. They\u2019ve also revealed the project\u2019s latest single, \u201csatellite.\u201d<\/p>\n The quintet, comprised of vocalist Julia Vassallo, guitarists Paul Knepple and Joseph Skimmons, bassist Ryan Duffin, and drummer Akiva Henig, self-produced their upcoming effort, with mixing by Sonny DiPerri. It follows their prior EPs \u2014 2023\u2019s self-titled and 2024\u2019s\u00a0Crush\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 and arrives on the back of support slots for bands like Wet Leg, Vundabar, English Teacher, and more. We named Slow Fiction an Emerging Band to Watch<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n With a fuzzy backdrop and touches of jangle pop a la Alvvays and The Sundays, \u201csatellite\u201d is a short-but-sweet offering from the quintet. Vassallo sticks to her lower register throughout the track, which boasts a worn-in, rainy day feel. Though the song has a bit of hazy distance to it, the subject matter is a bit more urgent; Vassallo revealed in a statement that it\u2019s about \u201cselective empathy\u201d and how we easily disengage from real world conflicts that make us uncomfortable. \u201cI heard someone say recently that the price of community is occasional inconvenience; we\u2019ve got to start considering community as more than just our own digital echo chambers,\u201d she said. Stream \u201csatellite\u201d below.<\/p>\n Related Video<\/p>\n \u201csatellite\u201d follows lead single \u201cjunior year,\u201d a track we included in our Songs of the Week roundup<\/a> the week of May 8th.<\/p>\n