“The future of Brave Saint Saturn kind of hinges on how well this record does… I think that all of us would rather start new projects if this one is done for.”
Roper has stated that the band originally planned to make a story arc that would go across three albums, but the band is in talks to create more music in the future beyond their first three albums. There are plans for an album of b-sides, rarities, and redone songs titled Add-Infinitum.
Saturn 5 Trilogy
Brave Saint Saturn published their first three albums as the Saturn 5 Trilogy.
Saturn 5 Trilogy tells the story of a fictional NASA Saturn 5 Mission, where the crew of the spacecraft Gloria is sent to map the rings of Saturn. While in orbit around Saturn‘s moon, Titan, the Gloria suffers a crippling disaster that leaves the craft stranded in geosynchronous orbit on the dark side of the moon. The crew is cut off from radio contact with Earth and the light of the sun, and both the crew and their families fear they are lost forever.
The final album of the trilogy, Anti-Meridian, chronicles the return of the crew of the U.S.S. Gloria in an escape pod called the Starling. Lieutenant Hoerig saves the mission at the cost of his own life. The rest of the crew returns to Earth in one of the Starling‘s escape pods. Several of the songs deal with the crew’s thoughts and remembrances in the aftermath of their safe return.
Saturn 5 Trilogy uses the loss and subsequent rescue of the crew metaphorically touching on themes of death, resurrection, redemption, and self-sacrifice drawn from secular, mythological, and Christian sources.
Members
- Reese Roper – vocals, guitar
- Keith Hoerig – bass guitar
- Andrew Verdecchio (2003–present) – drums
- Dennis Culp – background vocals, bass guitar, guitar
Discography
| Year | Title | Record label |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | So Far from Home | 5 Minute Walk |
| 2003 | The Light of Things Hoped For | Tooth & Nail |
| 2008 | Anti-Meridian | Department of Biophysics |
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