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God Is an Astronaut are an instrumental three piece hailing from the Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. They formed in 2002 and released their debut album The End of the Beginning the same year on their own Revive Records label. Their two music videos for

The End of the Beginning and

From Dust to the Beyond, received airplay on MTV UK and on other MTV European networks.

All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2005) is the band’s second album. The album features their build ups from serene ambience to searing intensity and is a closer representation of their live sound. The single

Fragile from the album has also received plays on MTV2 UK’s 120 minute show and MTV’s “The Comedown” show.

God Is an Astronaut released an EP called A Moment Of Stillness in 2006.

Their third album, Far From Refuge, was released in April 2007 on Revive Records and as a download via their website at http://www.superadmusic.com/god/.

Their most recent album, God Is An Astronaut, was released in 2008 and is self-titled.

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1	All Is Violent, All Is Bright full track	2,629
2	Fire Flies and Empty Skies full track	2,250
3	Forever Lost full track	2,245
4	Fragile full track	2,182
5	Suicide by Star full track	2,112
6	A Deafening Distance full track	2,050
7	Remembrance Day full track	2,025
8	Infinite Horizons full track	1,989
9	Dust and Echoes full track	1,729
10	When Everything Dies full track	1,490
11	Shadows full track	1,441
12	Echoes full track	1,430
13	The End of the Beginning full track	1,394
14	From Dust to the Beyond full track	1,327
15	Post Mortem full track	1,302

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Opethaniac wrote:
yesterday evening

:D

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OhmyStrogg wrote:
yesterday evening

lol owned

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Sundrain wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Spambot cannot handle commas. That's fun.

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babz_jc wrote:
yesterday morning

Yes!! They should come to Norwich, I second that.

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Mycodenameis wrote:
Monday afternoon

One of the best live bands I've ever seen. Honestly, it's great to listen to at home, but you need to experience it in full glory. They need to come back Norwich, Art Centre was awesome but maybe they’re big enough now for the Waterfront or even UEA? Wherever I'll be there!

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Dismantlerepair wrote:
Sunday evening

I thought most post-rock was the same, just uninspired and samey. That's until i heard these guys. And 65. My interest would have went no futher, but now it's pretty extended. So thank god for GIAA (Y)

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nunoncastors wrote:
Sunday evening

I've never really seen the point in discussing why band x are y and band z are n because something as subjective as personal taste is never going to be met with consensus. Me, I rather like GIAA.

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Bloody_Bunny wrote:
Sunday evening

finally a post-rock band with songs under 8 minutes *.*

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OhmyStrogg wrote:
Sunday evening

aha

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JRoot_4 wrote:
Sunday morning

What?))

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Linweth wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Oh my god, this shit makes my ears REALLY fucking happy <3 [2]

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JRoot_4 wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

http://www.lastfm.ru/music/The+second+edge+of+the+Earth Russian aspiring post-rock \ metal band! You are need to hear it !!!!=))) Thanx for attention )))

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Punisher-89 wrote:
Wednesday morning

http://www.last.fm/group/We+Love+Twin+Bass+Pedal

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tofu4io wrote:
last week

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babz_jc wrote:
last week

Oh my god, this shit makes my ears REALLY fucking happy <3

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Brutal_Aeons wrote:
last week

God Is An Astronaut is one of the latest post-rock bands I got into and it's ridiculously fucking good. I'm not sure where you're coming from with all your standards and such. I always thought of post-rock as a genre that was kind of above all of the "tr00ness" and elite standards that genres like metal were plagued by. For me that's the magic of post-rock, all there is are different tastes and ideas.

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River_Of_Heaven wrote:
last week

@Anonymous9000 Exxasens are kinda like EITS meets Jakob meets ISIS meets Pelican, pretty decent. I like them. But GIAA are really something else...I'm always defending my favorite band. lol

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Anonymous9000 wrote:
last week

But I can understand how someone could love this if it's the first Post-Rock bands they've discovered. I'm used to a much more higher standard of Post-Rock (as snobbish as it sounds). Try Exxasens if you want to understand what I mean.

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Anonymous9000 wrote:
last week

@River_Of_Heaven: Did you even look at my page? I listen to more Sound-scape Ambient, Dark Ambient and Post Rock than Metal... This is as awful as Post Rock gets though, so it's not too bad. They reuse their music FAR too much.

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Lunatikk666 wrote:
9 days ago

http://alternation-lunatikk666.blogspot.com/

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