astronautalis is andy bothwell...he writes all the lyrics and lots of the music. He also gets lots of help from these bands and musicians: the paper chase, midlake, the polyphonic spree, radical face, sarah jaffe, dj rerog, skyrider, and electric president!
The myth of Persephone, The steady hand of the conman, The life of Henry Rathbone, The bottom of the sea floor, The support of your family, The British occupation of Shanghai, The gossip around the office, The audacity of wildlife, The trial of William Robertson Smith, The art of the Blacksmith, The Battle of Trenton, and the story of your life.
“Just as the Rhymesayers and Anticon collectives persuaded adventurous rock fans to explore hip-hop, Astronautalis may just turn a few rap fans on to the sounds of American Gothic." -NPR.org
"" -Seattle Sound Magazine
"we absolutely love it!"
94% -AbsolutePunk.com
“I wish all records were this exciting." -The Portland Mercury
"Going from battle rapping to the Battle of Trenton isn't the most obvious hip-hop career path, but the results on Pomegranate are amazing!" -The Dallas Observer
"this album is a complete masterpiece" -HighBeamReview.com
"Astro's killin' it here!" -The Seattle Stranger
"his languorous baritone and adventurous songwriting make Astronautalis a refreshing and unexpected treat." -Death + Taxes
“Taking us from the life of a desperate conman, to a pre-Ian Fleming tale of an espionage during the Opium Wars, then to the heresy trial of William Robertson Smith, to Washington on the Delaware…if Thomas Pynchon picked up mic at Scribble Jam, he might sound like Astro in Pomegranate” -TrebleZine.com
“At first, particularly coming from The Mighty Ocean, the departure can be jarring, but just give Astronautalis a few moments to flash his conman’s pearly whites (or gold grill as may be the case). He’ll have your ears in bed with him before you have time to think." -ConsequenceOfSound.net
"this album is great." -PartyEnds.com
"mind-blowing" -Reax Magazine
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the solider who works just like a slave, sweating through the pain of digging a foxhole that the knows is just his grave.
Dear Astronautalis, a part of me wishes for you to get more famous here, so that I would find your CD in my record store, but the other part wants to keep you as a Indie secret, so that I can be the cool kid showing my friends some great new music ! :) as i said before, come back to germany pleeeeaase. :) cheers
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just wanted to come by your page to show some love & respect. Thanks for being a part of my friends on myspace. Hit the banner below if you need beats (only 10$/beat). I am in the top 3 sellers out of over 50.000 producers on the biggest beatmarket online. I also have a free mixtape at my profile now! Peace, feel free to drop a comment on my profile too, VaNs BeaTs
You should come to new Orleans soon. I saw you once a few years ago and thought you were great! I even have a picture with you!
Hope to see you soon!
Xo
Stopping by to wish you a early Merry Christmas And Happy New Year! Sorry for this being so early but we have 10,000 plus people to send a comment to with 9 days to do it in!
Keep an eye on our show calendar Jan 1, 2010 we will touring all over the US...Hope to see at one our stops!
you were amazing in cologne (maybe even better than t&s ^^) and i hope you'll come back to germany and rock a city near the ruhr area. and thank you for recording the limited tour ep, i'm enjoying it the whole day.
I couldnt come to your concert in Copenhagen, and now i cant come to the concert in Kaunas. What a shame:) i hope you will repeat this tour.:)) Good luck;)
EDINBURGH! you where so great, cait and i loved you introducing Tegan and Sara. I also still laugh when we were taking photos and you said " lets look like a pair of hobos" :)
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