Singer Antonio Casasanta sizes up the dilemma his band We
Were Astronauts faced before making its debut record this way: “We feel like
the industry wants a song it can sell. Musicians want to make something full of
depth.”
We Were Astronauts took the musicians’ route in making “Outside
Boston,” a collection of 10 songs with plenty of varied textures. Rooted in alt-pop and indie rock, “Outside
Boston” boasts the airy meanderings of “Skin,” the rumble of “The Circus Within”
and “Rubber Tramp” and anthemic sweep of the title track and “Soapbox Shimmy.”
The band released the record in January, and Casasanta says
gamble paid off with nothing but positive
feedback.
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We Were Astronauts makes its Coppertop debut Saturday. Show time is 8 p.m.
The band
came togethr in Milford
little more than a year ago, corralling members of other groups around a new
batch of songs and songwriting ideas. Casasanta says that while he had a bunch
of material written, much of it was
shaped as each member of the group brought his own style to the material (and
these are guys who have played everything from heavy music to jam-band stuff).
We Were Astronauts then headed to Nashville, backed with
Kickstarter funding, and made “Outside Boston” at Welcome to 1979 studio, where
all the gear is old-school-style analog.
“The kind of music we’re making is like the music by Black
Keys or Kings of Leon. The analog gear draws more attention to the human
element in the sound,” Casasanta says.
For an initial effort, We Were Astronauts hit all the right
buttons; it’s accessible, lively, and independent. Catch ’em locally before they blast off
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