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Shady
Planets
Lastest Release
The Tomorrows Before Us (2025) explores how history repeats itself. Quirky, bold, and surprising, this album features mostly upbeat rhythms with playful yet probing lyrics. Many of these were written during the dark political times of 2020, then revisited them in 2025.
After discovering a trove of old film archives of government war propaganda and other public domain films, The Tomorrows Before Us evolved into a series of connected accompanying videos that reinforce the album's reckoning with capitalism and the military-industrial complex.
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About Shady Planets
Shady Planets is the multi-genre musical project of Dave Belben and collaborators. Their music combines dark, groovy, playful electronic beats, with guitar, bass, vocals, found recordings, and other instrumentation. Influences include rock, jazz, blues, and the Avant-garde.
Belben lives in Seattle and also identifies as a preschool teacher, father, visual artist, winemaker, rock tumbler, plant lover, film collagist, student of ancient civilizations, and collector of hobbies. He is open to new collaborations with other artists, writers, and musicians.
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