ASTRONAUT DUBS - REVIEWS
Smother E-zine:
Typically the better Indie rock bands have the kind of sound that’s hard to nail down in a description. With that said who the hell knows how to describe Crazy Mary. Their sound sways amid electronics and trippy guitarwork along with cascading drums. Their singer reminds me a bit of the Clash and early punk yet it’s not quite that obnoxiously British. Being from New York probably lets them be this obscure and yet achieve a great sence of musical style. With a tribute to Johnny Thunders how can you go wrong?
Spendid Magazine:
Astronaut Dubs isn’t so much spacey as it is dead-on hard nosed punk crossed with hard rock. The band’s influences are easily found in their tribute track, "Johnny Thunders (Radioactive Dub)", while "Lightnin’ Strikes (Intergalactic Dub)", includes a legnthy homage to the Kinks’ "You Really Got Me". Crazy Mary take the classic Kinks tune, noodle about with it a bit and overlay the Track with the words "lightnin’ strikes" "earthquake hits" and my favourite "tidal wave pants", simple but effective, and perhaps dubbing it felt something like being struck by lightning. "Blitzkrieg" well describes this album; you’ll enjoy being hit hard by the rock and the steady beats until Astronaut Dubs reaches it s quick finish.
Gajoob
Astronaut Dubs is a strange blend of something like a cross between surfbilly, dub, frat rock, and trance maybe. Like trad dub, a few songs are put through various alternate dubs and the weird surf element definitely keeps you guessing. And you know I like that.
Cosmik Debris Magazine:
Their latest, Astronaut Dubs, is an EP length collection of remixes from She Comes In Waves and their 1998 debut, Passion Pit. I haven’t heard Passion Pit, so I don’t know if they improved on "Lightnin’ Strikes" or "Johnny Thunders" but "Shock Me," from Waves was born for the double dub treatment it gets here. The good news is that Astronaut Dubs finds the band exploring ways to reshape their sound, and the ways they find work pretty damn well. Well enough for that next step? That’s up to people like you to decide. Which you can’t do if you don’t check them out. Which you should do.
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