Astronaut. Wife. Reunion.

Content shared from l'etoile magazine Ten years ago they became the band that made pop music cool again, layering Christian Erickson's ethereal, ambient arrangements, synth stylings and rhythmic rollercoasterings solidly together with the brooding, breathy harmonies of singers Angela Orluck, Amy Turany and Janey Winterbauer. Rounded off on stage by Tim Ritter on bass and Peter Anderson on drums, they were Astronaut Wife. An unlikely and unplanned troupe of players, the band became a near overnight staple in the Twin Cities music scene as they notched their belts with Minnesota Music Awards, garnered local radio attention and drew capacity crowds to some of the city's most notorious venues. Fast tracked to fill the void left by the departure of the local legends of the eighties and nineties, they were the band all the cool kids had earmarked as the next big thing and they lived up to that expectation until, with a gradualness that stood in sharp contrast to the rapidit...