this has a real ethereal beauty, Dan.  really lovely...

Skydive

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Think On

Astronauts 'In My Direction' - single released 19/1/15. 

One of the highlights from the debut Astronauts album ‘Hollow Ponds’, ‘In My Direction’ is a gorgeous, cascading slice of dark, folky pop, with Dan’s breathy vocal harmonies - and call-and-responses with his friend and collaborator Michael Cranny – floating reassuringly over an intertwining acoustic guitar flow and taut percussive backbone. As with all the best Astronauts material, it’s hooky, emotionally involving, and mildly unsettling, all at once. 

The brilliant video for the song was conceived and made by Armenia-based production company Manana Films, after they approached Dan about collaboration earlier this year. The result is an idiosyncratic, unforgettable video starring Armenian actor Andranik Lavchyan rhythmically wending his way around the capital Yerevan, confusing everyone he encounters. 

‘In My Direction’ is backed with a remix of the ‘Hollow Ponds’ track ‘Everything’s A System, Everything’s A Sign’ from Kieran Mahon, a minimal/ambient composer and long-time friend of Dan’s, who creeps up silently behind the original and injects it with a swirling, insistent menace. 



In My Direction

500 Miles (Cover)

ASTRONAUTS 
‘You Can Turn It Off’ single
Lo Recordings
RELEASE DATE: April 8th, 2016 

‘You Can Turn It Off’ is the second single from ‘End Codes’, the forthcoming album from Dan Carney aka Astronauts.

Following reasonably warmly on the heels of February’s Hype Machine chart-bothering lead single ‘Civil Engineer’, ‘You Can Turn It Off’ is arguably a subtler affair, a plaintive, plinking question mark of a song. Ornately layered “Crosby, Stills & Nash via the Thames Estuary” vocal harmonies swirl soothingly over a simple glockenspiel-and-piano-augmented progression. 

Like all of Dan’s best stuff, it’s melodically satisfying, memorable, and slightly psychically unsettling, the repeated assertion that, whatever happens, “you can take it all away, you can turn it off” imbuing the gently optimistic chord changes and airy, reflective feel with a compelling ambiguity. 

It’s backed by an absolutely stunning remix from Dan’s label-mates Grasscut. The electronica/post-rock duo bend the original into a gloriously undulating epic, with toy box chimes, woozy percussion, and gorgeous strings gradually gathering into a pulsing, imaginative backdrop for a lovingly re-edited vocal. 
We like ‘You Can Turn It Off’ a lot and hope you do too. ‘End Codes’ is arriving on May 6th. 

PRESS – JOHN POWER – john@thebestinshow.net or DAN CHAMBERS – hub100press@gmail.com 

RADIO - SEAN NEWSHAM - sean@mutante-inc.demon.co.uk 

LABEL AND LICENSING - GAVIN O’SHEA – gavin@hub100.com 


You Can Turn It Off

You Can Turn It Off (Grasscut Mix)



ASTRONAUTS
‘You Can Turn It Off’ single
Lo Recordings
RELEASE DATE: April 8th, 2016

‘You Can Turn It Off’ is the second single from ‘End Codes’, the forthcoming album from Dan Carney aka Astronauts.

Following reasonably warmly on the heels of February’s Hype Machine chart-bothering lead single ‘Civil Engineer’, ‘You Can Turn It Off’ is arguably a subtler affair, a plaintive, plinking question mark of a song.

Ornately layered “Crosby, Stills & Nash via the Thames Estuary” vocal harmonies swirl soothingly over a simple glockenspiel-and-piano-augmented progression. Like all of Dan’s best stuff, it’s melodically satisfying, memorable, and slightly psychically unsettling, the repeated assertion that, whatever happens, “you can take it all away, you can turn it off” imbuing the gently optimistic chord changes and airy, reflective feel with a compelling ambiguity.

It’s backed by an absolutely stunning remix from Dan’s label-mates Grasscut. The electronica/post-rock duo bend the original into a gloriously undulating epic, with toy box chimes, woozy percussion, and gorgeous strings gradually gathering into a pulsing, imaginative backdrop for a lovingly re-edited vocal.

We like ‘You Can Turn It Off’ a lot and hope you do too. ‘End Codes’ is arriving on May 6th.

PRESS – JOHN POWER – john@thebestinshow.net or DAN CHAMBERS – hub100press@gmail.com

RADIO - SEAN NEWSHAM - sean@mutante-inc.demon.co.uk

LABEL AND LICENSING - GAVIN O’SHEA – gavin@hub100.com


End Codes

‘Dig Down Deep’ EP Out Now -
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Taken from ‘Dig Down Deep EP’ released December 9, 2016 via R’COUP’D

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Dig Down Deep EP

Maggie Koerner - Birds

live with jesse and jamie at droptune media studio. see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FY2EO9wjiw

Two Wooden Spoons (droptune media session)

Here's a stripped down version of one of our favorite Prince songs, Nothing Compares 2 U. We grew up adoring Sinéad O'Connor's cover from 1990.

LYRICS:

It's been seven hours and fifteen days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since you took your love away

Since you been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothing
I said nothing can take away these blues
'Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to you

It's been so lonely without you here
Like a bird without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby where did I go wrong

I could put my arms around every boy I see
But they'd only remind me of you
I went to the doctor and guess what he told me?
Guess what he told me?
He said girl you better try to have fun 
No matter what you do, but he's a fool
'Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to you

All the flowers that you planted mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away
I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard
But I'm willing to give it another try
'Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to you

Nothing compares
Nothing compares to you
Nothing compares
Nothing compares to you

Freedom Fry - Nothing Compares 2 U (Cover)

Seryn - "Untitled"

From Andrew Bird's <i>Hands Of Glory</i>, a musical companion to <i>Break It Yourself</i>, both available now on Mom+Pop. Also available as a deluxe edition featuring both releases. 

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Three White Horses

END CODES (2016)... https://astronautss.bandcamp.com/album/end-codes-lo146

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