{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{short description|American indie pop band}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Saturday Looks Good to Me | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], United States | genre = [[Indie pop]] | years_active = 1999–present | label = [[K Records]] (United States)<br>[[Polyvinyl Record Co.|Polyvinyl]] (United States)<br>[[Popfrenzy]] (Australia)<br>[[How Does It Feel To Be Loved?|HDIF]] (United Kingdom) | current_members = [[Fred Thomas (rock musician)|Fred Thomas]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=This Saturday looks good to Saturday Looks Good to Me|url=http://archive.freep.com/article/20130523/COL19/305230008/saturday-looks-good-to-me|publisher=Detroit Free Press|accessdate=August 3, 2015}}</ref><br>Scott DeRoche<br>Caroline Catherine<br>Amber Fellows<br>Shelley Salant<ref>{{cite web|title=Behind the scenes and in front, Shelley Salant helps local music scene thrive|url=http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/shelley-salant/|publisher=The Ann Arbor News|accessdate=August 3, 2015}}</ref> | past_members = Scott Sellwood<br>Juan Briz Garcia<br>Ryan Howard<br>Andrew Hoepfner<br>Betty Marie Barnes<br>[[Chris Bathgate]]<br>Carol Gray<br>Josh Bay<br>Autumn Wetli }}
'''Saturday Looks Good to Me''' is an American experimental [[indie pop]] band that formed in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saturday Looks Good To Me official site|url=http://www.slgtm.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207045723/http://www.slgtm.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 7, 2005|publisher=Slgtm.com|accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref> The group is led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist [[Fred Thomas (rock musician)|Fred Thomas]] (former member of [[His Name Is Alive]]). Albums by the group are known for soundscapes which hearken back to [[Detroit soul.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18031-saturday-looks-good-to-me-one-kiss-ends-it-all/|title=Saturday Looks Good to Me: One Kiss Ends It All Album Review – Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=August 17, 2017}}</ref>
The band was originally conceived as a basement recording project and did not play any live shows until 2002. The band built up a considerable following on the back of numerous limited-edition 7" record and CD-R releases, resulting in the indie pop albums ''All Your Summer Songs'', released in 2003 on Polyvinyl Records, and ''[[Every Night (Saturday Looks Good to Me album)|Every Night]]'', released in 2004 on Polyvinyl.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saturday Looks Good To Me – Polyvinyl Artist Page|url=http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/artists/index.php?id=291|publisher=Polyvinylrecords.com|accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref> ''All Your Summer Songs'' was listed as one of the top 50 albums of 2003 by Pitchfork.<ref>{{cite web|title=Staff Lists: Top 50 Albums of 2003|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5925-top-50-albums-of-2003/|publisher=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref> ''Every Night'' introduced new singer Betty Marie Barnes, who became the nearest to a permanent female singer that the band ever had.
By 2007, Barnes had semi-left the band and Thomas took over as the band's sole front person. SLGTM's music also changed and the resulting ''Fill Up The Room'' (2007, K Recs) album was more adventurous both lyrically and musically than the band's previous two albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/saturday-looks-good-to-me-fill-up-the-room/|title=Saturday Looks Good to Me: Fill Up the Room|website=Popmatter.com|date=October 28, 2007 |accessdate=August 17, 2017}}</ref>
Following another European tour in 2008, Thomas retired the band to concentrate on other projects including City Center, and his record label, Life Like.
The band reunited in 2012 with a changed line-up, and released "Sunglasses"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slgtm.com/post/35225107900/sunglasses-7-every-night-vinyl-reissues-out-now |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217230847/http://www.slgtm.com/post/35225107900/sunglasses-7-every-night-vinyl-reissues-out-now |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |title=Sunglasses 7" & Every Night Vinyl Reissues Out Now – Saturday Looks Good To Me | SLGTM | Official Site |publisher=SLGTM |date= |accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref> on Polyvinyl Records. For Record Store Day 2012, ''All Your Summer Songs'' was re-issued on white vinyl in a special limited edition of 250.<ref>{{cite web|title=Record Store Day 2012 – Special Releases|url=http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/5403|publisher=Recordstoreday.com|accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref> The band released ''One Kiss Ends It All'' in 2013, and continued touring into 2015.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Enemy Planes, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Love of Everything| date=September 23, 2009 |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/enemy-planes-saturday-looks-good-to-me-love-of-everything/Event?oid=16346098|publisher=Chicago Reader|accessdate=August 3, 2015}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums=== * ''Saturday Looks Good to Me'' (hereforeveralways, 2000) * ''Cruel August Moon'' (Little Hands, 2001) * ''Love Will Find You'' (Whistletap, 2002) * ''All Your Summer Songs'' ([[Polyvinyl Record Co.|Polyvinyl]], 2003) * ''[[Every Night (Saturday Looks Good to Me album)|Every Night]]'' ([[Polyvinyl Record Co.|Polyvinyl]], 2004) * ''[[Sound on Sound (Saturday Looks Good to Me album)|Sound on Sound]]'' (Redder Records, 2006) * ''[[Fill Up the Room]]'' ([[K Records]] / [[How Does It Feel To Be Loved]], 2007) * ''[[One Kiss Ends It All]]'' (Polyvinyl, 2013)
===Other releases=== * ''Cassingle Series #3'' (Sanitary Records, April 2006) * "The Girl Is Distracted" * ''Green Mansions'' (limited tour EP) * "Money in the Afterlife" / "All the Sidewalk Birds" ([[Ernest Jenning|Ernest Jenning Record Co.]], February 20, 2007) * ''Cold Colors'' EP (Polyvinyl – July 24, 2007) * "Dianne Falling Off Her Horse" / "Springtime Judgment" (Ernest Jenning Record Co., July 8, 2008) * "Saturday Looks Good to Me : Tour Tape" cassette (Life Like – 2012) * "Sunglasses" (Polyvinyl, 2012)
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205080449/http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2007/06/12/slgtm-typing/ Saturday Looks Good to Me plays Typing at PSL] * {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p459724|label=Saturday Looks Good to Me}}
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