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It's been a few years since their debut 7", but this two song single shows that the band are still on track as one of Denver's finest indie rock groups. The sound here is a little more rocking than the last single (especially in the b-side, "18 Seismic Waves"), but the songs are still very melodic and well-written. And the packaging for the single is almost as good as the debut 7" (though there are fewer inserts). I do hope there's a full length album planned for the near future! - Indie Pages
Touring behind a pair of stellar records, TGAF has been wowing the indie press in every town for good reason: It hits that rare, sweet spot between the sugary obviousness of most power-pop and indieland's obfuscation. Which is to say the group knocks out tunes you can hum without risk to your gray matter, and after the show, your less-discriminating friends will be lining up for merch just as quickly as you are. - The Pitch, KC MO.
Best Friends Records scores yet another hit with this 7 inch release Take It Tough by Thank God For Astronauts. I'd never heard of the band before, but their brand of crunchy powerpop is really infectious. Though you can even dance to this stuff, the songs have such a strong, memorable structure and backbone that are testament to their ability as songwriters. I thought I caught a slight retro indie pop sound to the two tunes on this record... somehow, they manage to sound like a cross between Heatmiser (Neil Gust's songs), early Sebadoh (Barlow's songs), Fountains of Wayne, maybe a little Superchunk. Add clever lyrics to boot ("You'll never see my tombstones memories" and "The centrifuge is speedy / don't you wash me out") and you've got a recipe for a really winning combination of pop smarts and true indie hearts. - Shmat Records Review
The new TGFA seven-inch record, Take It Tough, was produced at Uneven Studio, and it sounds even better than the band's first, eponymous four-song EP recorded last year by Chris McDuffie of the Apples. The single's title track is a short, sharp pulse of classic pop undulating with reverb and sweet, shaky vocals. The guitars scratch and snarl under fuzzy puffs of melody, recalling everything from the Modern Lovers to the Undertones to Crooked Rain-era Pavement. Jones's bass line tickles the ear like a wayward echo of some long-lost Go-Go's song, propelling the whole thing from stratospheric to interstellar. - The Westword
Discography
Thank God For Astronauts self titled 7", Best Friends Records
Take it Tough 7", Best Friends Records
Can't Stand the Druggist / Newspaper Hair CD single, self release
Public Service Records VA Comp
Bring Us Meat (to be released spring 2007), Needlepoint Records
TGFA have a song featured in the sound track "Skills Like This". A Film By Monty Miranda
TGFA also have a song on the sound track of the indie cult classic "Tough Talk".
TGFA receive regular air play on college and independent radio stations through Colorado and other stations in the US.
KTCL 93.3 Denver
KVCU 1190 Boulder
KGNU 88.5 Boulder
Streaming audio can be found on our web sites
http://www.myspace.com/thankgodforastronauts
http://www.thankgodforastronauts.com
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Bio
Thank God For Astronauts play loud, melodic, fuzzed out rock and roll music. TGFA live in Denver, Colorado and first launched in the summer of 2002. The band’s new album titled
“Bring Us Meat” is scheduled for release in the spring of 2007. This is TGFA’s debut release
on Needlepoint Records and also the first full-length from the band. The album was recorded
by Bryan Feuchtinger at Uneven Studios in Denver, Colorado.
The band plays catchy, melodic songs, inspired by the likes of GBV, Television and Spoon.
Each song on the bands latest album offers up something different. There are catchy pop songs, anthemic rockers, big guitars and driving bass lines; as well as some gentler moments too. Throughout “Bring Us Meat”, Thank God For Astronauts deliver well crafted songs using good old-fashioned guitars, bass and drums with an occasional synthesizer thrown in the mix. The result is an album that is familiar in structure yet original enough to keep you coming back for more.
Thank God For Astronauts can be found most nights holed up in their rehearsal space working
on new material or on stage at your local dive playing the only songs they know.
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