Happy 30 Years to Six Finger Satellite’s The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird! The debut full-length from Providence, RI’s Six Finger Satellite was recorded with Bob Weston (of Shellac, who later named a single The Bird Is the Most Popular Finger in honor of Six Finger Satellite), and was the first release to truly capture the band’s adventurous, biting spirit and sound. The album is a landmark of noisy, distressing post-punk, drawing influence from Gang of Four, The Birthday Party, and Wire while adding a healthy dose of the band’s own, unique sonic antagonism. Amongst the brittle rock tracks, The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird has dashes of ahead-of-their-time keyboard and studio experiments that became more prominent on the band’s later albums, presaging LCD Soundsystem, DFA Records, and much of the early-2000s post-punk revival. There’s a 30th-anniversary colored vinyl 2xLP reissue that you need… at the link in our bio. #sixfingersatellite #subpop #postpunk #gangoffour