God is an astronaut

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God is an astronaut
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General information
origin Glen of the Downs , Wicklow , Ireland
Genre (s) Indie rock , post rock
founding 2002
Website www.godisanastronaut.com
Current occupation
Torsten Kinsella
Bass , guitar , visuals
 Niels Kinsella
Lloyd Hanney (since 2003)
Keyboard, synthesizer
Jamie Dean (since 2011)
guitar
 Gazz Carr (since 2012)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
All Is Violent, All Is Bright
  IE 72 06/2005 (1 week)
epitaph
  DE 81 05/04/2018 (1 week)
EPs
A moment of stillness
  IE 30th 05/2006 (3 weeks)

God Is an Astronaut is an Irish post-rock - band from Glen of the Downs, County Wicklow . It was founded in 2002, the name of the band comes from a quote from the movie Nightbreed . The band gained notoriety due to their open anti-war stance and extraordinary live performances.

history

The brothers Torsten and Niels Kinsella played in various local bands before they started the band together with drummer Lloyd Hanney. In 2002, the debut album The End of the Beginning was released on the band's record label Revive Records . The 2003 singles The End of the Beginning and From Dust to the Beyond received airplay on the music channel MTV, as did the single Fragile released in 2004 . The second album All Is Violent, All Is Bright was released in 2005 and was the only album of the band so far to place in the Irish album charts . The 2006 EP A Moment of Stillness also hit the charts. For their third album, Far From Refuge , the band played a sold-out European tour that took them to Moscow . In Istanbul they performed at a festival in front of 25,000 spectators. The tour through the USA turned into a fiasco because the band's equipment was stolen. The fourth studio album was released in 2008, the fifth in May 2010.

The band's live performances, especially in the early phase, were characterized by extensive lighting effects and the use of self-produced music videos for each track.

Discography

Singles

  • The End of the Beginning (2003)
  • From Dust to the Beyond (2003)
  • Point Pleasant (2003)
  • Coda (2004)
  • Fragile (2004)
  • Fireflies and Empty Skies (2005)
  • Beyond the Dying Light (2006)
  • Tempus Horizon (2006)
  • No Return (2007)
  • Helder Pedro Moreira / No Return (2008, split CD with The Mantra ATSMM )
  • Shining Through (2009)
  • In the Distance Fading (2010)

EPs

  • A Moment of Stillness (2006)

Albums

  • The End of the Beginning (2002)
  • All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2005)
  • A Moment of Stillness (2006)
  • Far from Refuge (2007)
  • God Is an Astronaut (2008)
  • Age of the Fifth Sun (2010)
  • Origins (2013)
  • Helios | Erebus (2015)
  • Epitaph (2018)

Web links

Commons : God Is an Astronaut  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart placements: DE IE , accessed on May 26, 2010.