If you have no idea who THEESatisfaction are, then you must be very new to this town. But even if you are a recent inhabitant of the 206, Stasia “Stas” Irons and Catherine “Cat” Harris-White are by no means obscure or underground. They are, after all, signed to Seattle’s most internationally recognized label, Sub Pop, are regularly reviewed on sites like Pitchfork, are soon to tour with veteran rock mavens Sleater-Kinney, and have worked very closely with Ishmael Butler, who, as a member of the Grammy-winning Digable Planets, secured a place in hiphop’s canon in the early ’90s. Had you come to Seattle five years ago, however, there was every good reason not to know the name THEESatisfaction; indeed, many who lived here were also in the dark about the duo. Stas and Cat’s music was then known and cherished only by a few who were hip to the happenings at Hidmo, an Eritrean restaurant that served as a cultural center and hiphop hub and sadly closed its doors in 2010…
