QUICK FACTS:
* From Canada
* Pitchfork reviews
* Recorded at The Banff Centre, in the Rocky Mountains
* Nominated for the 2010 Echo Prize
* 4 weeks at number 1 on Hype Machine
* Label mates with Japandroids
* www.tri-tone.com
* www.myspace.com/brasstronaut

Brasstronaut are set to release their debut UK album “Mount Chimaera”. They’ve earned a reputation throughout Europe, America and their native Canada with their amazing live show, which will be showcased at various UK venues to coincide with the release.

They’ve been called everything from experimental pop to mini-orchestral through jazz to electronic; even ‘low rock’. “Mount Chimaera” is indescribable in genre but beautiful in sound.

Edo Van Breemen [vocals/keyboards] grew up in Miami, Florida and Germany, before relocating to British Columbia and meeting Bryan Davies [trumpet]. The two formed Brasstronaut initially as an ambient instrumental project that combined Bryan’s classical and jazz trumpet training with Edo’s background producing eletronica and playing in dance-punk bands. They realized that the fusion of jazz, electronica, punk and dance worked and gradually enlisted the talents of John Walsh to play bass and Brennan Saulon to play drums. “The Old World Lies” EP was released in their native Canada and gained support from the likes of Exclaim!, Pitchfork, The Mercury Prize Recommends and NPR as well as a coveted number one spot on Hype Machine from word of mouth alone.

It’s not only the critics who approve of the band. They picked up fans in Sigur Ros who accidently stumbled upon them playing an in-store and were blown away. What followed was a special show at the Art Museum in Reykjavik, featuring Sigur Ros' horn section and a special Icelandic fan, who transcribed and sung the track 'Reqium for a Scene' in Icelandic to 3000 people.

Brasstronaut aren’t your average band, they’ve worked hard and don’t fit into any kind of scene. It seems like it’s all paid off as they’ve managed to write one of the most astounding albums of the year. Listen and swoon.

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Brasstronaut ‘Slow Knots’
Single from the album ‘Mount Chimaera’
Label: Tri-Tone http://www.tri-tone.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/brasstronaut

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