As a result, "Astronaut Versions" of several early Brave Saint Saturn songs exist.
An otherwise unreleased Astronaut song, "Albatross," is also available on Green Manna (fifty280 records)[5] Brave Saint Saturn often uses the vastness of space as a metaphor for loneliness and isolation.
Some reviewers consider Brave Saint Saturn as a generally more serious band than the often light-hearted Five Iron Frenzy.
As the former leader of Five Iron Frenzy, Roper often found the band too straightforwardly fun for expressing feelings of loneliness and abandonment.
[2] When speaking of the band, Roper states that, "I've tried to show the redemption and peace of God through tragic things.
Saturn 5 Trilogy uses the loss and subsequent rescue of the crew metaphorically touching on themes of death, resurrection, redemption, and self-sacrifice drawn from secular, mythological, and Christian sources.