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                        fall 2009
                       new songs in the works + band member news and more!
                            
                              in case you were wondering, we're still here. just taking some time away from                                 the stage. we're practicing hard - writing new songs. exploring new
                             territory. in fact, there are some "la la las" in one of our new songs. and                                    phil might actually chime in on those sometime. seriously.

                                we've got some shows coming up too:

                                      sat 12.05.09 @ cafe nine for the Kimono Draggin' CD release party w/                                 old friends Kimono Draggin' (duh) and MT Bearington!


                           + sat 12.19.09 @ rudy's with new friends, Wry.

                              
             


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28 apr 2009

   Tear Me to Shreds
          Atrina's harrowing performance strips the crowd bare
      New Haven Advocate | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | By Dan Barry

   I haven't quite fully put myself back together after the sound ass-whooping
        Atrina delivered at Two Boots in Bridgeport last Friday. Their set left me
             with the same delicious stabbed-in-the-guts feeling that vintage P. J. Harvey
    evokes. Atrina are in good company: they fit into a noteworthy and
        largely unsung company of female-fronted grunge rockers from dilapidated
             Connecticut towns, including bands like Farewood and Eula.

            Atrina looks nothing like their music. Bandleader Kelly L'Heureux's dress and hair
      and cheeky cheeks all hint more toward indie than alternative. Aside from drummer Dave
 Parmelee's Godflesh T-shirt (and even that band is eclipsed by its newer, more hipster-
     friendly incarnation, Jesu), there's not a hint of recognizable scenester
           iconography on stage. What's more, I left the show thinking that Atrina's two
         axmen looked familiar, and some Google-fu confirmed my suspicions. Bassist Will Iannuzi
                also mans the low end for trashy punkabilly scumbags the Vultures; and the tall guy
             who kept his back to the audience the whole time was none other than Phil Law, who transforms
       into a bass-pawing math-metal lunatic when playing in Bloarzeyd.
              Shit, dude, even the band's pedigree makes them impossible to pigeonhole.

  But it's nice to be disarmed. Atrina force you to meet them with openness and wonderment, rather than
      superficial expectations based on their clothes or equipment. And it ultimately pans out, since
          the feel of their music is iconic. Their set was marked by turbulent riffs in
   angular time signatures. L'Heureux's vocals were relentless, plaintive; she wasn't yelling or
      screaming, and yet her lyrics seemed to evacuate her voice before they ever reached the audience,
           leaving us with just the sound itself, a husk of something communicated.
                       Chilling, morbid, and delicious. 
                 

                              
       

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 28 apr 2009

         yo, check this out! fri may 8th @ the polish-american club in naugatuck
   atrina rocks the house to support the Naugatuck River w/ EULA & Kimono Draggin'.  
           more details (and new shows soon) here

   and here's a little taste of the triple-threat action:
                            
    






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 24 feb 2009

           feels like ages since our last update. but while i've been moving ATRINA            
    headquarters from naugatuck to wallingford, ct many exciting things were               
     in the works that have finally come to fruition!

             we've lined up 3 shows for March, where we'll have new ATRINA t-shirts     
     along with our not-entirely-new, but still-quite-amazing     
       e.p {beautiful evidence} available for sale.


              fri mar 6th @ two boots w/ the amazing Eula & Kid Ginseng

        sun mar 15th @ bar (courtesy of shaki presents) w/ Tall Firs
                      + live film accompaniment by ancient domain

         fri mar 27th @ cafe nine - "Patron Saints of New Haven" afterparty benefit show, with new works by
      ms. lipgloss crisis featuring your favorite new haven celebrities, proceeds to benefit my ride for the
            CT Challenge Survivorship Clinic at Yale Cancer Center.
          Check out the shows page for complete details.


    Men's 100%
  pre-shrunk organic
      cotton
   S, M, L, XL
     gray / blue / cream

   Women's 100%
       pre-shrunk cotton
     scoopneck
    S, M, L
      blue / violet


    $12.00 - shirt only
 

  $15.00 - shirt +   {beautiful evidence} e.p.

    to get yours, email
  shirt / size / color
   to sales@atrinamusic.net
 (add $3 s&h)
 
         or

   pick one up at one of
      our upcoming shows