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Satellites started in late 2013. After a handful of tours and local Brisbane shows the band went through a slow patch with multiple member changes, most importantly a change in singer, where Mitch Chamberlain stepped up from guitar to vocals. Mid 2015 saw Satellites test the waters with a new track titled “Glass Jaw” which was received rather well among the Australian scene with features on Triple J and Unearthed. In 2016, following some more unfortunate lineup changes "Sateez" (as they cheekily refer to themselves) released a 2nd track titled “Home Sweet Home” - which again was received favourably by Triple J and the public. These releases were each followed up by a plethora of heavy hitting support slots, such as Neck Deep, The Wonder Years and Knuckle Puck, The Story So Far and Man Overboard, Motion City Soundtrack, Real Friends and many more, which solidified the band's spot as a definite up-and-coming force in the Australian music scene. After taking some time to work on

Brought together through a love of early 90's Australian Indie music (Falling Joys, Clouds, Hummingbirds), and the Manchester scene of the 80's and 90's (New Order, Joy Division, Smiths, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses), Tim and Mark endeavoured to create something different, something communicating complex emotions on multiple levels; while at the same time incorporating the sounds of the bands they love. Both Mark and Tim hail from university band scenes - Mark from the dusty cattle town of Rockhampton and the lively Central Queensland University band scene; Tim from the inner city University of Sydney where with Mr Peter Bennet (battery powered bass guitar player extraordinaire) and a rag tag group of university friends, something special was born in the form of 'Mosaic Spring' - no, not 'Mosiac', 'Mosaic' - get it right! Such classics as 'You Cry Longer', the haunting 'Monsoon Over Blue', the despairing 'Sorrow', the song with no words 'Flight', and the militaristic souding 'Any