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"Within a heartbeat is the first song out of the recording session we did last summer with Sam Evian. We spent two weeks in his studio, lost in the Catskills mountains, to start working on our 2nd album. It’s a track that had an instant magic during the recording, as we were playing and singing it live altogether in the same room with Sam’s inspiring vibe.
The song sounds somehow familiar, like a classic tune that got lost in an attic full of records. It’s the first time that an Astral Bakers’s song is interpreted by Ambroise and Theodora, forming a duet strengthened by Zoe and Nico’s vocals on choruses, forming a choir, characteristic of the AB’s sound."
Video © Matthieu Torres
Cocteau Twins cover
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“We wanted to pay tribute to the Cocteau twin’s famous song Cherry Coloured Funk and Elisabeth Frazer’s spellbinding voice. As we felt a familiar vibe with (felt drawn to) this song as a band, we decided to work on a version that would reflect our sound as Astral Bakers but also recreate the original guitar landscape, with hazy effects. We also wanted to evoke a sense of closeness and intimacy through the verses‘ vocals, to create a new way of experiencing the song and build a bridge between the Cocteau’s universe and ours.” -Astral Bakers
Viewing link only (release Sept 18) l Video © Hugo Pillard
Viewing link only (release Sept 18) l Video © Hugo Pillard
Artwork © Matthieu Torres
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<aside> 💬 Lyrics
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This is a tale of inevitability. Of four highly experienced musicians who find themselves in a room together and play as never before.
A kind of Soft Grunge, halfway between Big Thief, Supertramp and an unplugged concert by Nirvana.
Selected by Spotify for their RADAR program, and already acclaimed by critics (Libération, France Inter, Les Inrocks), this 10-track debut album, composed under live conditions, is already making its mark in the 2024 indie landscape.
BBC 6 radio / Craig Charles “The band I’ve been listening most to lately”
BBC 6radio / Radcliffe & Maconie “it might be my album of the year so far”
KEXP Seattle “a fantastic set of moody, atmospheric, absorbing indie rock “
Notion "Pioneering the path of soft grunge”
Earmilk "trailblazers in the indie music scene”
Notable release for Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan
