As one might expect for those following experimentalist noise and space-themed drone impulses, Stupid Cosmonaut have worked at a pretty prolific pace. A single and an EP since last December have led the UK-based four-piece up to the release of Astral Transmissions this week on tape, CD and download, and splitting up the material across five broad, consuming and evocative cuts, they rise to the occasion of their debut album. The whole record is streaming ahead of the actual physical issue date on Friday, but if you want to get a feel for where they’re headed, all you really need to do is click play on the video below for “AT3: Hassium.”

The centerpiece of Astral Transmissions (third of the five inclusions; hence “AT3” in the title), “AT3: Hassium” has its abrasive moments, but at 16 minutes long, it’s the most sprawling single cut on the record from whence it comes. The first two songs have also been given videos, as has most if not all of Stupid Cosmonaut‘s work to-date, and like those, “AT3: Hassium” culls its push from old footage of moonwalks and space missions, voiceovers included over top of the wash of noise that emerges, consumes, and ultimately, recedes. Driven by synth and keys and electronics, it’s not going to be for everybody — there are some genuinely challenging moments — but those who can dig it are going to really dig it, and that kind of thing is always cool by me.

More info follows the video. Enjoy:

Stupid Cosmonaut, “AT3: Hassium” official video

Stupid Cosmonaut are a Bury, Uk-based pseudonymous musical entity consisting of Sam Read, Steven McNamara, Andy Hunt and Matthew Hattersley experimenting with electronic, ambient and psychedelic sounds.

‘Astral Transmissions’ is the dark follow up to Stupid Cosmonaut’s debut cassette release ‘Abstract Concepts’.

“We have arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces”. Carl Sagan

Full album available to download now. Official Cassette Tape/Spotify/iTunes/CD release on the 30th September 2016. Pre-orders being taken now for cassette and cd.

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Sam Read
Steve McNamara
Matthew Hattersley
Andy Hunt

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