Astronauts (band)

Astronauts
Origin London, England
Genres indie, folk, alternative, rock
Years active 2013-present
Labels Lo Recordings

Astronauts is the solo musical project of the UK songwriter, Dan Carney. He is signed to London-based imprint Lo Recordings.[1]

History

Carney initially conceived the project in 2013, following the end of his previous band Dark Captain, and while recuperating from a badly broken leg.[2] After the first Astronauts songs were uploaded to Soundcloud in November 2013,[3] a deal was signed with Lo Recordings.

The debut Astronauts single, "Skydive", was released in June 2014, receiving support from BBC Radio 6 Music's Tom Ravenscroft,[4] Gideon Coe,[5] Cerys Matthews,[6] and Steve Lamacq,[7] as well as BBC Radio Scotland’s Roddy Hart,[8] and Huey Morgan on BBC Radio 2,[9] earning Carney comparisons with Elliott Smith,[10] Broken Bells, and The Shins,[11] and making the Hype Machine charts.[12] The video for the song was devised and directed by London-based Irish artist Michelle Deignan.[13]

The debut album, Hollow Ponds, named after an area of Epping Forest near where Carney lives, and was hospitalized following his leg fracture,[14] was released in July 2014.[15] The collection featured musical contributions from Firestations' Michael Cranny (who co-authored a number of tracks),[16] London alt-folk singer Jess Bryant[17] and cellist Nicole Robson (Bat For Lashes, Stats),[18] with Sputnik Music describing the sound as “often bleak and highly contemplative indie-folk”.[19]

Miscellaneous

Carney appears on There Are No Goodbyes, the 2009 album from Robin Proper-Sheppard’s Sophia, playing guitar and providing vocal harmonies on the song "Storm Clouds".[20] The album was released by the City Slang label.[21]

He also has a PhD in developmental psychology,[22] and has authored a number of research papers examining cognitive processing and memory in a number of developmental disorders.[23] Using developmental trajectories to examine verbal and visuospatial short-term memory development in children and adolescents with Williams and Down syndromes,[24] and executive function in Williams and Down syndromes.[25]

Discography

Singles

EPs

Albums

References

  1. ↑ "Astronauts - Lo & Behold". Lorecordings.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Hollow Ponds - Lo & Behold". Lorecordings.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Astronauts.". SoundCloud. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - 6 Music Recommends, With Tom Ravenscroft". BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Gideon Coe, If in concert at the Paris Theatre in 1972". BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Cerys on 6, Professor Nick Groom on the gothic and Jane Peyton on beer". BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "BBC Playlists - Steve Lamacq". BBC Playlister. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "BBC Radio Scotland - Roddy Hart, 15/05/2014". BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "BBC Radio 2 - Huey Morgan, 07/06/2014". BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Astronauts – Skydive - All Things Go". Allthingsgomusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  11. ↑ Jason Grishkoff (6 June 2014). "Astronauts - Skydive :: Indie Shuffle". Indieshuffle.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Popular MP3 & Music Blog Tracks / Hype Machine". Hype Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "Astronauts - Skydive (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Astronauts". Nära is Near. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "Hollow Ponds - Lo & Behold". Lorecordings.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "Astronauts - Lo & Behold". Lorecordings.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "Astronauts - Lo & Behold". Lorecordings.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "Astronauts – "Skydive" (Official Video) - DAN DIGS". DAN DIGS. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  19. ↑ "Review: Astronauts - Hollow Ponds - Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  20. ↑ "There Are No Goodbyes - Sophia - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  21. ↑ City Slang, Berlin, Germany. "Sophia: There Are No Goodbyes". City Slang. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  22. ↑ "Astronauts". Nära is Near. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  23. ↑ Cowan R and Carney DP. "Calendrical savants: exceptionality and practice.". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  24. ↑ Carney DP; et al. "Using developmental trajectories to examine verbal and visuospatial... - PubMed - NCBI". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  25. ↑ Carney DP; et al. "Executive function in Williams and Down syndromes.". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

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