ALEX THE ASTRONAUT Receives "Breakthrough Artist" ARIA Award Nomination + Launches New "Alex Learns..." Episode

ALEX THE ASTRONAUT RECEIVES FIRST ARIA NOMINATION FOR “BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST” SHARES SECOND EPISODE OF ‘ALEX LEARNS...’ SERIES  “ALEX LEARNS TO JAVELIN” ‘I’M ONLY ALLOWED TO HUG YOUR EARS’ TOUR SOLD OUT SOCIALLY-DISTANCED SERIES OF SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER ‘THE THEORY OF ABSOLUTELY NOTHING’  DEBUT ALBUM FROM THE AUSTRALIAN STORYTELLER OUT NOW!

ALEX THE ASTRONAUT released her anticipated debut album The Theory Of Absolutely Nothing this summer via Nettwerk which has received praise from The New York Times, NPR Music, The Guardian, Refinery29, NME, Brooklyn Vegan, FLOOD Magazine and more. The Australia-based singer, songwriter and storyteller was recently nominated for a coveted Australian ARIA Award for “Breakthrough Artist” and announced her ‘I’m Only Allowed to Hug Your Ears’ tour--a series of socially-distanced live shows near Sydney, Australia in November that sold out immediately (more HERE).   She also recently launched the ‘Alex Learns...’ series where she learns something new during the course of the video while injecting each episode with her trademark charm and wit. The series launched via Alex’s Instagram & YouTube with “Alex Learns Drums!” featured Daniel Hanson, the drummer from Ball Park Music who also co-produced the album and wrote the drum parts on The Theory Of Absolutely Nothing (watch here via IGTV). The recently launched second episode “Alex Learns Javelin!” features Alex learning how to javelin with record-holding Olympic hopeful MacKenzie Little. Watch the new episode via Instagram and YouTube.  Watch "Alex Learns Javelin!"

Alex also recently performed as part of triple j Australia’s ‘Like a Version’ series, where she performed album single “I Think You’re Great” and covered Electric Light Orchestra’s pop gem “Mr. Blue Sky.” For the performances, Alex was also joined on drums by Australian music legend and drummer Lindy Morrison, from the influential band The Go-Betweens, and performed on the drums herself, using what she learned during her “Alex Learns Drums!” episode. Watch the brilliant performances here: “Mr. Blue Sky” & “I Think You’re Great.” Watch "Mr. Blue Sky" Cover for 'Like A Version'

A talented soccer player, Alex Lynn moved from Sydney to New York on a soccer scholarship in 2017 and studied Math and Physics at Long Island University. It was while she was in the US that she turned a streak of bold new life experiences into heart-swelling, folk-inflected pop songs under the name Alex the Astronaut. She has always had a supernatural knack for capturing human experience in song. On her debut album The Theory Of Absolutely Nothing, she grapples with the multitudes of life on a bigger scale than ever before and emerges optimistic.  Watch "I Think You're Great" for 'Like A Version'

Brought to life with upbeat melodies, plucked guitar and Alex’s signature vocals, The Theory Of Absolutely Nothing, is the work of a storyteller attuned to the world around them. It was co-produced by Hanson and his Ball Park Music bandmate Sam Cromack, mixed by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, Beth Orton) and written / recorded across an 18-month period between Australia and the UK. Throughout the album, Alex takes listeners on a journey of love, loss, pain and change. She weave a constellation of stories about the personal reckonings that come with growing up, as heard on the album’s previously released singles including “I Think You’re Great,” “Split the Sky,” “Lost,” “Banksia,” “I Like To Dance”--which was featured on the The New York Times “Playlist,” and most recent single “Caught In The Middle.” The Theory of Absolutely Nothing can be heard here: https://alextheastronaut.ffm.to/ttoanalbum.

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