ASTROBLAST
This Will Help You On Your Way (Planting Seeds)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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Led by Jenn Kellough on vocals and keyboards, this Austin quartet draws on a wide range of pop influences but manages to mold them into something distinctive and special. Kellough's voice is strong but subdued, blending with her spacey keyboards to provide the ethereal sugar in the band's sound. Just when you think you're safe, though, the other Kellough, guitarist Bob, grinds in to provide the noise in the band's self-dubbed "noise-pop" formula. So that's the spice. Add solid rhythm support from drummer Jacob Cuthbertson and bassist Chris Bowers and you've got everything nice.

This is Astroblast's second full length release, due to hit the shelves just about the time this review is published. It's an indie worth looking for, bound to appeal to fans of My Bloody Valentine, the Pixies or anyone with an ear for edgy original pop.

Track List:

Conversation Hearts * North Georgia Experiment * What Goes Unspoken * Get Ahead * Maladusted * The Lows * Lives And Lies * Fall Out * Unsettled * An End To Dreams

[Pick up this CD at plantingseedsrecords.com.]

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