Rig Rundown God Is an Astronaut 2021
For over 20 years and two handfuls of records, God Is an Astronaut have been exploring emotive, shapeshifting atmospheric instrumental anthems. Most instrumental postrock bands follow a buildandcrash formula, whereas GIAA eschews those conventions in search of movement, melody, musical suspense. Now PG has done some rig reprisals (Joe Bonamassa, Mastodon, Russian Circles, Jason Isbell The 400 Unit, The Black Keys, Baroness, Gary Clark Jr, Primus, 311, Mr. Big, and others), but none of those compare to the overhaul God Is an Astronaut underwent during the COVID19 quarantine. Every instrument, amp, and pedal (aside from a few preamps, DIs) are completely different than our previous 2016 Rundown. We cant say any other setup has been rethought, restructured, and reformed to the degree that Torsten Kinsella (guitars), Jamie Dean (guitars, keyboards), and Niels Kinsella (bass) executed in the search for superior soundscapes. Just before releasing their 10th album, Ghost Tapes, 10 a 7song collection th
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