{{short description|American hip hop group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = THEESatisfaction | image = | alt = | caption = | origin = Seattle, Washington, U.S. | genre = {{hlist|Hip hop<ref name=exclaim2016/>|R&B<ref name=exclaim2016/>|neo soul<ref name=exclaim2016>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/theesatisfaction_announce_split|title=THEESatisfaction Break Up|work=Exclaim!|first=Calum|last=Slingerland|date=May 16, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref>|psychedelic rap<ref>{{cite book |last=Shlomit Sofer |first= Danielle |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Sex Sounds: Vectors of Difference in Electronic Music|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LopGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 |publisher=MIT Press |page=257 |isbn=9780262362054}}</ref>}} | years_active = 2008–2016 | label = Sub Pop | website = {{URL|www.theesatisfaction.com}} | current_members = | past_members = * Stasia "Stas" Irons * Catherine "SassyBlack" Harris-White }} '''THEESatisfaction''' is a former American music duo based in Seattle, Washington. It consisted of Stasia "Stas" Irons and Catherine "Cat" Harris-White.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/03/02/sub-pop-astral-travelers-theesatisfaction-introduce-their-quietly-thrilling-new-album-earthee/|title=Sub Pop astral travelers THEESatisfaction introduce their quietly thrilling new album EarthEE|work=Fact|first=Ned|last=Raggett|date=March 2, 2015|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
==History== thumb|Stasia "Stas" Irons performing as part of THEESatisfaction in Seattle in 2009 thumb|Catherine "Cat" Harris-White performing as part of THEESatisfaction in Seattle in 2009 Stasia Irons was born in 1985 in Tacoma, Washington.<ref name=thestranger>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestranger.com/music/features/2015/02/25/21776718/thee-history|title=THEE History: A Photographic Timeline of How THEESatisfaction Came to Be|work=The Stranger|first=Charles|last=Mudede|date=February 25, 2015|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref> Catherine Harris-White was raised in Hawaii.<ref name=thestranger/> Irons moved from Tacoma to Seattle in 1996,<ref name=thestranger/> while Harris-White moved from Hawaii to Seattle in 1997.<ref name=thestranger/> The two met in 2005 while Irons was attending the University of Washington and Harris-White was attending Cornish College of the Arts.<ref name=thestranger/>
THEESatisfaction was formed in 2008.<ref name=thestranger/> They began to self-release their recordings through Bandcamp.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/08351-theesatisfaction-interview|title=Queens Of The Stoned Age: THEESatisfaction Interviewed|work=The Quietus|first=Stevie|last=Chick|date=March 29, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref> In 2010, the duo released a collaborative single with Champagne Champagne, titled "Magnetic Blackness".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/seattles-champagne-champagne-and-theesatisfaction-release-magnetic-blackness-7-inch-record/|title=Seattle's Champagne Champagne and THEESatisfaction release "Magnetic Blackness" 7-inch record|work=The Seattle Times|first=Andrew|last=Matson|date=February 25, 2010|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref> The duo was featured on Shabazz Palaces' 2011 album ''Black Up''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.okayplayer.com/news/diaspora-shabazz-palaces-and-theesatisfaction-spring-2013-tour-dates-art-exhibit.html|title=Shabazz Palaces and THEESatisfaction Launch Spring 2013 Tour + Art Exhibit|work=Okayplayer|first=Karas|last=Lamb|date=February 15, 2013|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
In 2011, the duo signed to the record label Sub Pop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/sub_pop_signs_seattle_hip-hop_duo_theesatisfaction|title=Sub Pop Signs Seattle Hip-Hop Duo THEESatisfaction|work=Exclaim!|first=Josiah|last=Hughes|date=July 22, 2011|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/female-sub-pop-signed-hip-hop-duo-theesatisfaction-1798227040|title=Female, Sub Pop-signed hip-hop duo THEESatisfaction|work=The A.V. Club|first=Elliott|last=Sharp|date=August 18, 2011|access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref> It was the second hip hop group to be signed by Sub Pop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/20/new-band-theesatisfaction|title=THEESatisfaction (No 1,211)|work=The Guardian|first=Paul|last=Lester|date=February 20, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
The duo released a studio album, ''Awe Naturale'', on Sub Pop on March 27, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/45164-shabazz-palaces-collaborators-theesatisfaction-announce-new-album/|title=Shabazz Palaces Collaborators THEESatisfaction Announce New Album|work=Pitchfork|first=Carrie|last=Battan|date=January 19, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
The follow-up studio album, ''Earthee'', was released on Sub Pop on February 24, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2014/12/theesatisfaction-announce-new-album-earthee-premiere-recognition/|title=THEESatisfaction announce new album EarthEE, premiere "Recognition"|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Josh|last=Terry|date=December 2, 2014|access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
In 2016, THEESatisfaction announced that they had decided to "end the group" to "rest, reflect & grow independently."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/65512-theesatisfaction-call-it-quits/|title=THEESatisfaction Call It Quits|work=Pitchfork|first=Matthew|last=Strauss|date=May 16, 2016|accessdate=September 18, 2019}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''Awe Naturale'' (2012) * ''Earthee'' (2015)
===EPs=== * ''That's Weird'' (2008) * ''Snow Motion'' (2009) * ''Transitions'' (2010) * ''THEESatisfaction Loves the Sa-Ra Creative Partners'' (2010) * ''THEESatisfaction Loves Stevie Wonder: Why We Celebrate Colonialism'' (2010) * ''Sandra Bollocks Black Baby'' (2011) * ''THEESatisfaction Loves Anita Baker'' (2012) * ''THEESatisfaction Loves Erykah Badu'' (2013) * ''And That's Your Time'' (2013)
===Singles=== * "Magnetic Blackness" (2010) {{small|(with Champagne Champagne)}} * "I Don't Like You" (2015)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs artist|THEESatisfaction|THEESatisfaction}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Satisfaction, THEE}} Category:African-American musical duos Category:American all-female bands Category:American hip-hop duos Category:Musical duos from Washington (state) Category:Musical groups from Seattle Category:Musical groups established in 2008 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2016 Category:Psychedelic rap groups Category:Sub Pop artists Category:2008 establishments in Washington (state)