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About Me

"Astra somehow manages to touch on the painful yet beautiful, aspect of being alive...it is rather impossible to describe the gravity of her paradoxically angelic voice with its dulcet and soulful tones, which often sent a shiver down the spine...her lyrics leave themselves vulnerably open in a way that is rare to find, with a raw honesty and fragility, which in listening to, you begin to emotionally mirror; feeling uneasy at moments, but held tightly in the music, soothed by the voice, and unable to tear your ears away." (broadwaybaby.com)

'LIBERTY' and 'PHOENIX' are both taken from the debut album 'Where You Rest' out March 2009 on Isolation Recordings. www.isolationrecordings.com

"Dark, sombre and brooding folk that captures the soul with its celestial majesty...Sounding like a composition dreamt up in the darkest and most isolated of Scandinavian forests...hanging and accentuated vocals drifting smoke like across an intimate and melancholic terrain of neo-classical melodica that peaks and troughs with dynamic momentum...The way she manages to drape her vocals over the poignant arrangements, elongating and drawing out certain words, recaptures the captivating glory of Beth Gibbon’s most intimate pieces...Typical of the fresh and exciting sound cultivated in the vibrant Brighton scene, ‘Where You Rest’ is a dreamy, quixotic piece of dark folk that will enthral with its exotic, swelling melodica and mesmeric vocals." (KS, www.experimusic.com)

"Astra has an attractive, sometimes snowflake-gentle, voice...a Nick Drake-alike mood of pastoral ruefulness and reflection...the epic title-track mixes those dramatic strings to rousing effect, combining Astra’s most intriguing melodic turns into a tense pressure-cooker of longing." (americana-uk.com)Press details at www.isolationrecordings.com/astrapress.html - you can also hear some other Astra recordings on www.isolationrecordings.com.

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Member Since: 13/02/2006
Band Members: Astra Forward (Guitar, piano and vocals) + various
Influences: Animal, vegetable, mineral
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

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Reviews

Hello!Thankyou to people who have bought the album, it feels really good to have it out there and I hope you like it.  It has been inspiring and constructive to read what people reviewing it have thou...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:47:00 GMT

Debut album

Hello...here's a little bit of info about the album...The debut album 'Where You Rest' is due for release on Isolation Recordings in Feb 2008. The songs are as follows: 1. Hutch2. Let Go3. Where You ...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:00:00 GMT

New stuff happening...

Hello again, I just wrote a blog for about ten minutes and then my time ran out so the blog was deleted...mildly annoying... Anyway I just wanted to say a bit about what I've been up to lately and wha...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:04:00 GMT

just a quick hello...

I have woken up the past few days with an urge to write something...when I get round to finally watching my words on the screen the feeling has gone. I guess I'n not really sure where to start here b...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:36:00 GMT