Wax Fang – The Astronaut [Music Video]

WAX FANG’S THE ASTRONAUT from Michael Feld on Vimeo.

Directed by Michael Feld, photographed by Rob Edgecomb, Justin Rettke, Greg Monson and Chris Guetig.

Upon returning from their maiden UK tour highlighted by an invitation from Pavement to play their All Tomorrow Parties Festival, Wax Fang shacked up in a make shift analog studio in a vacant gymnasium to capture the open sounds of outer space. Clocking in at just shy of 17 minutes, “The Astronaut (Part 1),” their first recorded output since the 2007 release LA LA LAND, is by far Wax Fang’s most ambitious undertaking yet: imagine Pink Floyd and Radiohead collaborating on a modern day take of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” Coupled with Wax Fang’s trademark dynamic shift of loud, soaring riffs to soft, meditative guitar lines, Carney’s vocals vividly guide you alongside The Astronaut lost in space.

Update: This video has since been made private. They’re recording a new album, also called The Astronaut, based on this same idea, so I’m guessing this ended up being more of a first draft.

The Astronaut releases on January 28, 2014.

A space-rock opera in three movements concerning the fate of a lone space traveler who is separated from his vessel, swallowed by a black hole and transformed into a celestial super being, THE ASTRONAUT is an ode to the wonder, the majesty, and the horror of the universe.

On January 28, the world will finally hear the scope and magnitude of this contemporary take on space travel. Being released through Wax Fang’s Don’t Panic Records, THE ASTRONAUT will be available at all digital outlets, with vinyl LP and CD available exclusively through waxfang.com.