Aster

Aster - We Won't Remember Aster Sounds Like Grandaddy http://weheartmus... Here's one called Grandaddy, who are from the nowheresville town of Modesto, California. I used t...

Aster are Bryan Ellis and T Husmann, based out of Austin, Texas. They have a debut album called Some Things Seldom Heard Of which is released today (January 22nd).

Their list of influences varies from pop (Travis) to acid/psychedelic (Flaming Lips) to electronic (current Radiohead). All those influences mixed together and you have something that sounds like Aster.

I used Aster's "Attempting to Multiply" on my last podcast. The song is pretty catchy as well as having some very quirky synth noises in the middle of the song.

Apparently the band also loves this song and released it as a video. I watched it and it looks like old public domain footage (but it's not).

"We Won't Remember" is the poppiest song on the album. I love the girl backup singer. 75% into the song, it does mellow down a little, but it does pick up again with some orchestra sound. It's a very solid song.

You can pick up Some Things Seldom Heard Of from the artist via CDBaby and find out more about them on their official page (it doesn't look like it's been updated since last November) or myspace.

 01/22/2008 14:08:50  vu my♥posts www.astermusic.com myspace.com/aster