Feature: Bells Atlas May 14, 2015 [View on Computer for Optimized Version] The early-May morning light pours through the vaulted ceiling windows of Geneva Harrison and Sandra Lawson-Ndu’s West Oakland warehouse home. Outfitted with a treated recording booth, practice room, mixing consoles and enough equipment to keep your local gear snob at bay, the space doubles as the rehearsal space […]
Oakland, CA’s Astronauts, etc dropped a beautiful new track this morning. They describe it as a “thawed-out, 1970s-inflected” track that falls “somewhere between Grizzly Bear, The Bee Gees, and Sade.” Not an inaccurate description by any means. Astronauts, etc–lead by Anthony Ferraro–recorded “I Know” fully analog to tape at Tiny Telephone here in the Bay […]
On September 6, Oakland’s Astronauts etc will release their new Sadie EP via Hit City USA. The six song album marks their first release on Hit City. You can stream the first track that’s been shared off Sadie. Astronauts etc “Fuss” highlights why the band has been compared to fellow East Bay musician Toro y Moi. The track […]