Saetia (pronounced say-shuh) was a
New York City-based
screamo band. Their name originates from a misspelling of the
Miles Davis track "Saeta", from his album
Sketches of Spain, which, in turn, was named after the
saeta, a religious tradition of
flamenco music. (This is similar to fellow screamo band Joshua Fit For Battle, whose name was a corruption of the traditional American spiritual song "
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"; other members of Saetia later formed Off Minor, which is the title of a Thelonious Monk composition.) Saetia use elements of
new wave and
indie rock in their songs.