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ASTREA

Get "Departure" @ Smartpunk.com & Newbury Comics

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CD Reviews:
"While listening to Departure you would never guess that it is this Boston based band's first cd. The EP has 5 tracks on it and to be honest that's probably the only disappointment I had, that there wasn't more for me to listen to. The songs are well written and are filled with catchy choruses and structured melodies that find a way to get stuck in your head. When it comes to songs more specifically, tracks 4 and 5 stand out to me most. When listening to Love Is War you can feel the strong emotion behind the lyrics, and Shadows seems to be the best received song crowd wise and just in general. By releasing this cd Astrea left the door open to a vast variety of fans." -By Brittany Hagerty(BEAT THE SCENE.COM)
Formed in Early 2005, Astrea started like every other band, with a desire to write and play music they truly enjoy that spoke to both they and their audience..
As Astrea we are driven to take our music as far as we can, write the best songs we know how and enjoy every second of it. We view every obstacle as just a bump in the road, and it makes us work even harder.
Blending the best out of our own particular styles, we have developed an original style that we can call own. We are always taking influences from every style of music and try to be as broad as possible. We like heavy guitars, soothing vocal melodies and blend it all with energy and technical grace.
In winter of 05' we recorded and released our first 3 song demo. The response was greater then we anticipated, and we continued to play as many shows a possible throughout the year, playing with some great bands. In the summer of 06' we toured down the East Coast on our first tour, released a 2 song demo we recorded ourselves at Attic Sound Studio and mixed by Scott Riebling(Weezer, Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is.., MetroStation).
On June 12th our debut EP "Departure" was released. It had been the focus of our lives for the previous year and we were extremely excited for everyone to hear it. The CD includes 5 songs, recorded at Q Divsion in Boston as well as Attic Sound Studios in Franklin, MA. We had the pleasure of working with Scott Reibling once again in creating something we are all very proud of. It took long days, hard work and an open mind to go in and make these songs sound as good as they can. We personally feel we've suceeded. "Departure" is available on SmartPunk.com and all Newbury Comic's locations throughout New England. We are hoping this is the start of something for our future, but only time will tell.
Thank You to all of the bands that help us out all the time. And THANK YOU to everyone who listens, comments, votes, and sends us messages. We read every one even though we may not be able to respond (we are very busy boys) THANK YOU!!!!!!
You can contact us through AIM - astreamusic
or at [email protected]

People Who Have Designed Some Awesome Shirts For Us!!!

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Member Since: 5/2/2005
Band Website: purevolume.com/astrea
Band Members: This is what we do:
Brendon pires - Vocals
Eric Stobbart - Bass
Ricky Tonzi - Drums
Drew Valera - Guitar/vocals
Sounds Like:
View Astrea's EPK
Record Label: NONE
Type of Label: None

My Blog

sometimes.

 sometimes it's good. sometimes it's bad. somtimes it feels like everyone just stopped moving. time itself stops..... what do you do in situations like these? do you stop moving too? or do you pi...
Posted by ASTREA on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:06:00 PST

ATTN ASTREA FANS (FROM LUKE)

Hello everyone,(MESSAGE FROM LUKE) First off,I just wanted to take a second to thank everyone who has stood by our side, and mine, throughout Astrea's existance. Everyone from fans to booking agents, ...
Posted by ASTREA on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:27:00 PST

LYRICS FOR "DEPARTURE" EP

learn them and come out to the shows and sing along!"SHADOWS"evening curtains fall and day reveals eye level heroesin the shadow is the less than likelystanding in line, following ordersback to the hi...
Posted by ASTREA on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:32:00 PST

VOTING SEASON

OK SO here's the deal:we are going to put another song off of our CD tomorrow night or sometime in the very near future.....so which one do you guys want on your profiles??heres the options:1-between ...
Posted by ASTREA on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:35:00 PST

END TOUR O7

So tour has finally come to an end...we spent nearly four weeks on the road together...luckily no one was seriously injured...amidst theivery, near incarceration, and strong cases of cabin fever we ma...
Posted by ASTREA on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:14:00 PST

FIRST TOUR BLOG 07

sorry this has taken so long, for any of you that care and follow our band at all. we just wanted to let everyone in on all the little secrets from tour and how we are doing.First off it really hasn't...
Posted by ASTREA on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:26:00 PST

BRINGING SEXY BACK! (CD INFO)

so like the subject says we are in the process of bringing sexy back...just kidding ! hah!..but we do have a CD coming out, it's entitled "Departure" it's about love, life and the pursuit of  hap...
Posted by ASTREA on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:00:00 PST

Check out this event: ASTREA CD release party!

Hosted By: ASTREA (vote for us to play Warped Tour now!!) When: Friday Jun 08, 2007 at 7:00 PMWhere: THE LIVING ROOM23 RATHBONE STPROVIDENCE, RI 02901United StatesDescription:ASTREA (vote for us to...
Posted by ASTREA on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:08:00 PST

SUMMER TOUR!

    heeeeeyyy,so we have out dates for our summer tour with Select Start, they are a great band from Florida, and the niceest dudes ever! we're going to have a blast!so if you're in one...
Posted by ASTREA on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:39:00 PST

DEPARTURE NEWS!

Hello folks,Heres an update about what is happening with our first EP/Departure.The process of recording and mixing has taken longer then expected, but things came out the way we wanted them to and we...
Posted by ASTREA on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:41:00 PST