Short Bio
Cyr and the Cosmonauts perform music rooted in Americana but as eclectic as your old man’s record collection. Their eccentric, original songs feature tight vocal harmonies, dynamic musicality, and probing lyrics that search for the cosmos hidden in the chaos. They have released two albums that seek to weave together the personal and the universal, the mundane and the beautiful - songs to live to, die to, and resurrect to.
Long BIo
Cyr and the Cosmonauts is Eric and Rachel Cyr with Brady Kamphenkel on drums and John McLoughlin on keys. The group performs eclectic Americana music with tight vocal harmonies, crafted space, and explosive dynamics. Their eccentric, original songs feature probing lyrics and search for the cosmos hidden in the chaos.
In 2018, Cyr recorded their debut album Callused at Sacred Heart Studio in Duluth, MN with Peter Brown on keys, Keith Yanes on bass, and Sten Duginski on drums. The album was recorded and mixed by Tom Fabjance (Trampled by Turtles, Low, Big Top Chautauqua) and mastered by Huntley Miller (Bon Iver, Sylvan Esso, Ben Howard). Callused was released on November 16, 2018.
Callused weaves together a story that is at the same time personal and universal while musing on the mundane, the beautiful, and the places where the two meet.
In 2021, Cyr and the Cosmonauts released their follow-up album Songs to Sing Before We’re Dead, an album rooted in Americana but as eclectic as your old man’s record collection. Songs to Sing Before We’re Dead delivers songs to live to, love to, die and resurrect to.
Press
“Songs to Sing Before We’re Dead is not a record filled with gloom and doom. The material pops with life and dances across the graveyard. These are songs to sing because we’re alive. Eric Cyr-penned titles like “Cemetery Stone,” “Morose Joy,” and “Ideology/Casualty” may sound grim on the surface but each holds a nugget of hope or life lesson. That’s good songwriting.
‘Bones,’ the opening track and lead single, sets the tone. Inspired by an Old Testament tale, the song rumbles and clatters like a souped-up hearse with Hank Williams behind the wheel.” -Mark Nicklawske for 103.3 The North
Press
“Cyr's writing style takes you deeper into issues making each song feel personal.”
-Felicity Bock for the Reader
