Pomegranate is the third solo studio album by American hip hop artist Astronautalis. It was released via Eyeball Records on September 23, 2008.[1] Music videos were created for "Trouble Hunters"[2] and "The Wondersmith and His Sons".[3]
Cap Blackard of Consequence of Sound gave the album a grade of A+, saying, "Pomegranate is intricately constructed and diverse in its musical and lyrical make-up."[6] Meanwhile, Jer Fairall of PopMatters gave the album 5 out of 10 stars, calling it "a portrait of a clearly talented artist who has not yet learned how to temper his innovation with the necessary discipline."[7]
Na začátku jeho hudební dráhy bylo prosazení v soutěži Scribble Jam. V roce 2003 vydal své debutové album You and Yer Good Ideas. O dva roky později podepsal smlouvu s Fighting Records u nichž mu v roce 2006 vychází druhé album The Mighty Ocean and Nine Dark Theaters. Třetí album Pomegranate vychází v roce 2008 u Eyeball Recordsv. V zimě 2009 vystupoval s kanadskou indie rockovou kapelou Tegan and Sara napříč Evropou a o rok později na jaře 2010 v Austrálii. V roce 2011 vydal kritiky i fanoušky velmi dobře přijatou desku This Is Our Science. O pět let později svou diskografii rozšířil o zatím poslední album Cut The Body Loose.
Mimo to hojně koncertuje, a to i v České republice, kam se pravidelně vrací.
Still, the vagabond MC has been enjoying unprecedented success ever since he relocated here last summer. He says album sales and fan attendance in the Twin Cities have both doubled his previous bests. Now he's nabbed a slot at Soundset, the massive indie hip-hop festival that lands at Canterbury Park Sunday for a fifth year.
Bothwell says those Warped Tours made for amazing first years on the road, but he immediately transitioned to living out of a van or with his parents. In 2008, after finishing his second album, "Pomegranate," he moved to Seattle to be with a long-distance girlfriend. Six months after the move, he got dumped. Friends urged Bothwell to stay, and he worked as a museum security guard. His final year in Seattle, hip-hop become a full-time job. "Things were truly starting to take off for me in Seattle right before I moved," he said.
But on his latest album, 2011's "This Is Our Science," Astronautalis made a push toward more personal lyrics and an even more experimental sound. "It's about putting myself out there -- both the good and bad, not sugarcoating," he said of the album. "It's about me and my friends carving our niche in the world."
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