God Is An Astronaut - tour dates announced

  By Éilish Burke | June 8, 2010 - 9:29 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch

In my humble opinion God is an Astronaut is one of the better bands making music in Ireland right now. I guess you’d have to be into shoe-gazey, ambient music to agree with me on this but I urge you to give them a shot. The name gives it away a little: their sound is big, timeless and space-y. The kind of thing which might soundtrack your first exploratory mission to Andromeda I.

The Wicklow-based band have announced Irish tour dates to air the songs from their fifth album Age of the Fifth Sun (impressively they have recorded five albums and one EP since they formed in 2002). They’ll be playing the main stage at the Indiependence festival in Michelstown on the 31st July and in November will be playing the Róisín Dubh, Galway on the 4th, The Forum, Waterford on the 5th, The Academy, Dublin on the 6th and The Limelight, Belfast on the 7th. There are unconfirmed rumours of an Oxegen booking also.

I’ve never been to a live show of theirs before, but I’ve heard good things, particularly about the atmosphere and the use of lighting.

Tickets for The Academy date are on sale now at €22 (incl. booking fee) from Ticketmaster. For the other dates contact the relevant venues directly.

About Éilish Burke

Éilish writes the Ad Nauseam series of posts for Culch.ie as well as some other bit and bobs. She used to work in adland and still likes to dissect the advertising she comes across, though these days mainly from the comfort of her couch and in the form of angry tirades while her flatmate rolls her eyes to heaven. She secretly harbours smug feelings that instead of saving and putting a deposit on a house she spent all her life savings on extravagant holidays and has therefore escaped a lifetime in negative equity. She co-runs a company called Amp Music Marketing. You can get in touch with her at eilishburke{at}gmail{dot}com or follow her on Twitter.

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