biographical info
Our debut full-length has just been released! Check it out at http://astrosafari.bandcamp.com/
The project, originally titled Sim & Dan, began to take root from the stockpile of co-lead-vocalist, Dan Weidelich's lyrics and guitar pieces he began writing in his first year of university at Western. After two dorment years, insert the musical mind of multi-instrumentalist Matt Simmonds (also of Air Marshal Landing) and suddenly the hibernating bits and pieces began to pour fluidly into their own respective places.
The pair recorded two songs ('Open Your Eyes' and subsequently 'Riptide') for a mutual friend(Ben Doner)'s group audio recording projects in 2009. Upon hearing the finished products both decided an album must be written, inevitably leading to the formation of a band. Experienced hardcore-high-school-band-drummer Ben Tucker hopped on the kit to solidify the groove, and Paul Jenkins ferociously picked up his axe to power up the tonal potency of what has become known as Astro Safari.
lineup
Matt Simmonds Keys, Voice
Dan Weidelich Guitar, Voice
Paul Jenkins Lead Guitar
Ben Tucker Drums, Percussion
influences
Mute Math
Radiohead
Metric
Sufjan Stevens
Coldplay
Sam Roberts
dc Talk