Deep eklypsis

God Is an Astronaut are an instrumental three piece hailing from the Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joining the slightly bizarre world of post-rock, God Is An Astronaut seem totally at ease with the genre's ever changing climate, one which more often than not, descends into pretentious bollocks for the sake of 'experimentation'. God Is An Astronaut are, put bluntly, a breath of fresh air. Words can't describe the feeling of listening to their music for the first time, and breathing a massive sigh of relief after it occurred to me that yes, they actually know what a melody is, and haven't disappeared up their own backsides.

They formed in 2002 and released their debut album The End of the Beginning (2002) on their own Revive Records label.

All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2005) is the band’s second album. The album features their build ups from serene ambience to searing intensity and is a closer representation of their live sound.

God Is an Astronaut released an EP called A Moment of Stillness in 2006.

Their third album, Far from Refuge, was released in April 2007 on Revive Records and as a download via their website at http://www.superadmusic.com/god/.

A Place To Bury Strangers have often been called "the loudest band in New York". This may very well be the case, but unlike much so-called "loud" rock and roll that's out there, APTBS is not loud simply for the sake of it. The sonically overdriven sound they've accomplished is no clumsy accident, but a carefully cultivated and well-maintained entity all its own, fostered by an unbridled passion that's clearly evident in every live show they play and each recording they make. A Place To Bury Strangers does not so much play songs as allow them to pour out. They are songs about longing, heartbreak and confusion played extremely well and at a passionately loud volume

The past is a grotesque animal and in it's eyes you seeHow completely wrong you can beThe sun is out it melts the snow that fell yesterday makes you wonder why itbotheredI fell
in love with the first cute girl that I met who could appreciate georgebatailleStanding at swedish festival discussing the "story of the eye"It's so embarrassing to need someone like I do youHow can I explain I need you here and not here tooI'm flunking out I'm gone I'm just gone but at least I author my own disasterPerformance breakdown and I don't want to hear itI'm just not available things could be different but they're notThe mousy girl screams violence violence she gets hystericalCause they're both so mean and it's my favorite sceneBut the cruelty's so predictable it makes you sad on the stageThough our love project has so much potential but it's like we weren't made forthis worldThough I wouldn't really want to meet someone who wasDo I have to scream in your face?I've been dodging lamps and vegetablesThrow it all in my face I don't careLet's just have some funLet's tear this shit apartLet's tear the fucking house apartLet's tear our fucking bodies apart but let's just have some funSomehow you've red rovered the gestapo circling my heartAnd nothing can defeat you no death no ugly worldYou've lived so brightly you've altered everythingI find myself searching for oldselvesWhile speeding forward through the plate glass of maturing cellsI've played the unraveler the parhelionBut even Apocalypse is fleetingThere's no death no ugly worldSometimes I wonder if you're mythologizing me like I do youWe want our film to be beautiful not realisticPerceive me in the radiance of terror dreamsAnd you can betray me but teach me something wonderfulCrown my head crowd my head with your lilting effectsProject your fears onto meI need to view themSee there's nothing to themI promise you there's nothing to themI'm so touched by your goodness you make me feel so criminalHow do you keep it together? I'm all all unraveledBut you know no matter where we areWe're always touching by underground wiresI've explored you with the detachment of an analystBut most nights we've raided the same kingdomsAnd none of our secrets are physical now