They’ve since been covered by the likes of New York Times, NY Mag, People, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Vogue,  SPIN, FADER, Noisey, Complex, NYLON, Harper’s Bazaar, Paper, Idolator,  ELLE, Interview Magazine, and many more. In a few short years, ASTR has filled an important gap in this realm of electronic/alternative/evolved R&B. Where other acts recycle one specific sound over and over, ASTR slinks between styles like a kid hiding in a department store clothes rack—just out of view, smothered in a carousel of textures.

On “Activate Me,” ASTR unleashes a massive four-on-the-floor banger that switches up constantly. It hits hard, but rains down gently like glitter piped in through that little air nozzle above your airplane seat. The song has racked up hundreds of thousands of streams across every platform, but each play feels like a personal invitation to the biggest party on the planet. Distant but joyous. Uninhibited and uneasy. These are shaded, complex feelings that ASTR straddle effortlessly. And to feel these highs and lows with speakers thumping and asses shaking? That’s a rare thing.

ASTR will release their highly anticipated Homecoming EP this year, and have now announced that they'll be hitting the road as tour support for Ryn Weaver and Holychild.

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