Angelo De Augustine

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Angelo De Augustine
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Occupation(s)Musician
Labels Asthmatic Kitty
Website angelodeaugustine.com

Angelo De Augustine is an American musician residing in Thousand Oaks, California. [1] He has collaborated with and opened for musician Sufjan Stevens. [2]

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Early life

His parents were both close to music. When he was 5 years old, his father left home. Angelo wanted to be a professional soccer player in his teens, but an injury altered his trajectory. He began playing and writing music after receiving a guitar from a family friend. [3]

Career

Angelo De Augustine self-released his first album in 2014, titled Spirals of Silence. [4] [5] In 2017, Angelo De Augustine released his second full-length album and first with Asthmatic Kitty Records, titled Swim Inside The Moon. [6] In a 2018 review of the artist's "Carcassonne," NPR said that De Augustine wrote it for people who dream of visiting small villages and towns in France. [2] NPR characterized the album's mood as being "like waves rushing onto the shore." [2] In 2019, Angelo De Augustine released his third full-length album and second with Asthmatic Kitty Records titled Tomb . [7] [8] The Irish Times described the artist's Tomb album as "his first bona fide studio album" [1] that followed "a series of low-key releases recorded in a bathtub on a reel-to-reel tape machine and a single microphone." [1]

The artist's "Time" single was performed as a duo with musician Sufjan Stevens. [9] [10]

On September 24, 2021, Augustine and Stevens released a collaborative album titled A Beginner's Mind . They worked on the record together in an upstate New York cabin and watched movies every day for inspiration. [11]

His fourth solo album, titled Toil and Trouble , was released on June 30, 2023. [12]

Discography

Studio albums [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Sweeney, Eamon (January 4, 2019). "Angelo De Augustine: Tomb review – LA singer-songwriter comes of age". The Irish Times. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Angelo De Augustine: "Carcassonne"". NPR. 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Angelo de Augustine" . Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ DeVille, Chris. "Stream Angelo De Augustine Spirals Of Silence (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum . Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ Frank, Alex. "Stream a Track From Angelo De Augustine's Poetic Debut". Vogue . Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ DeVille, Chris. "Watch Angelo De Augustine Perform "Crazy, Stoned, & Gone" At Meditation Mount". Stereogum. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ Farrell, Margaret. "Angelo De Augustine: Tomb". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ Edelstone, Steven. "Angelo De Augustine: Tomb Review". Paste . Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  9. ↑ ""Time (feat. Sufjan Stevens)" Live at Reservoir Studios". Asthmatic Kitty Records. October 16, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2019– via YouTube.
  10. ↑ Stanley, Laura (January 14, 2019). "Angelo De Augustine – Tomb". Exclaim! Magazine. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine Announce New Album, Share New Songs: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Angelo De Augustine Details Fourth Studio Album 'Toil and Trouble'". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Angelo De Augustine – Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
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