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The New Haven Advocate {03.11.09}

   Tear Me to Shreds
Atrina's harrowing performance strips the crowd bare

    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.

(Dan Berry)

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New Haven Advocate {12.18.08}

     Close to Home, Close to Perfection
       Dashing through the discs: A look back at some standout CDs from Connecticut bands in 2008

    Atrina, {beautiful evidence} The moody, heavy, minor-key, mid-tempo, post-punk guitar rock on this disc   sounds like a unified piece. It's hazy and a little foreboding, but the reasons aren't easily identifiable.      Something sinister is hanging in the ambiance, and the uncertainty of what it is produces great effect.

   (Brian LaRue)

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ct indie interview {10.07.08}

   Riffs Are Universal: An interview with Atrina's Kelly L'Hereux
      Kelly L'Heureux recently talked with CT Indie about the band's new form, older songs growing into newer    songs, the new self-released EP {beautiful evidence}, and Kelly's own renewed sense of self.
    read the full interview with ct indie here

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IndepenDisc.com {Issue #111 Oct. '08 Featured CD}

The past, present, and future…
6 years ago in 02, Kelly L'Heureux sent me a 4 song EP by her band Atrina. It was called “searching for a better way….” an unheralded heavy punk, Fuzz fused journey through musical expression which was so far out
on the edge that the Velvet Underground would have dug listening to it. Unfortunately, an unforeseen disbanding prevented this golden child of 60s grunge, early 70s Metal & Glam, late 70s punk and every burn
and slash Metal band of the 00s from being properly exposed. L’Heureux along with Johnny B. and Warren B. crafted songs that rivaled the production values of Alan Parsons, when he was engineering Dark Side Of The
Moon for Pink Floyd, crossed with a Hard Core post-punk sound while still coming across as fresh and up beat.

  Now, here in Oct ’08, Kelly L’Heureux sends me a 5 song EP “(beautiful evidence)” by her “new” band
   Atrina. It is as amazing an accomplishment of sound, style and substance as you will find in any of
today’s recordings. You will be aurally hypnotized before you have a chance to realize what is going on. The     new line up of L’Heureux (guitars, vox, piano, trumpet, samples), Will Iannuzzi (bass), Dave Parmelee   (drums, percussion), Phil Law (guitar) take that far out edge and reel it in, to form a Rock sound that can   only be described as; a base root of Classic 60s/70s Metal a la` Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc. mixed with complements of Prog-Metal (Rush 2112 to be exact), blended with a Smashing Pumpkins    finesse/aggression and Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nail Industrial mentality. (Keep reading...)

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New Haven Advocate {09.24.08}

another review of the {beautiful evidence} e.p.
  Atrina sounds like they mean it, with an earnestness matched by technical expertise and solid songwriting.      This record is high-stakes. It bears the superficial markers of earnestness — deep, heavy riffing, a     brooding and moody sensibility, haunted-sounding vocals and songs exclusively in minor keys — but
   it transcends superficiality. Singer Kelly L'Hereux sounds impassioned and entirely straightforward, her voice positioned low enough in the mix to create a compelling push-and-pull between vocals and band.
      This dark stuff is thoroughly rocking, spooky, tuneful and direct, a collection of mid-tempo post-punk tunes from the depths that delivers. New Haven rocker boys, take note — L'Hereux's not joking around, and
    she's helping to trash the local scene's in-joke-isms and to bring us in touch with something more
         universal in the process.

      (Brian LaRue)

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one bass on an overthrow {09.14.08}

     @ I AM Festival in New London - 09.13.08
   Atrina's presentation still needs a bit of work-- to be fair, they've apparently got five years' worth of   rust to contend with-- but their songs are really great; nice bottom-heavy rock stuff with some spacier       passages in between, sorta like a more rugged Farewood. Like that's gonna help anyone, seeing as most of     you haven't heard any of the newer Farewood stuff, but y'know, that's what the song down below is for.

     Atrina - "Beautiful Evidence"

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PLAY Arts & Entertainment Weekly {09.03.08}

  a review of the {beautiful evidence} e.p.
    About five years ago this band just kind of went away which was a dang shame 'cause they were a great, moody-without-being-mopey, sorta arty group that worked well. This here is a "return" recording with a sorta     new line-up. And it's better than the old stuff. For real. Five songs, pleasantly shadow-y (if Siouxsie sang some pop tunes through the Melvins gear) and spot-on solid. Chilling atmospheric beauty, just enough distortion, delicate vocals offset the dirge-ous bits, all good. Holy crap! Seriously now. This is really good.
     Standout Track: Just get the disc, okay? And don't worry about it.

(Craig Gilbert)

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	the latest and greatest . . . . . . . . . . . The New Haven Advocate {03.11.09} Tear Me to Shreds Atrina's harrowing performance strips the crowd bare 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. (Dan Berry) . . . . . . . . . . New Haven Advocate {12.18.08} Close to Home, Close to Perfection Dashing through the discs: A look back at some standout CDs from Connecticut bands in 2008 Atrina, {beautiful evidence} The moody, heavy, minor-key, mid-tempo, post-punk guitar rock on this disc sounds like a unified piece. It's hazy and a little foreboding, but the reasons aren't easily identifiable. Something sinister is hanging in the ambiance, and the uncertainty of what it is produces great effect. (Brian LaRue) . . . . . . . . . . . ct indie interview {10.07.08} Riffs Are Universal: An interview with Atrina's Kelly L'Hereux Kelly L'Heureux recently talked with CT Indie about the band's new form, older songs growing into newer songs, the new self-released EP {beautiful evidence}, and Kelly's own renewed sense of self. read the full interview with ct indie here . . . . . . . . . . . IndepenDisc.com {Issue #111 Oct. '08 Featured CD} The past, present, and future… 6 years ago in 02, Kelly L'Heureux sent me a 4 song EP by her band Atrina. It was called “searching for a better way….” an unheralded heavy punk, Fuzz fused journey through musical expression which was so far out on the edge that the Velvet Underground would have dug listening to it. Unfortunately, an unforeseen disbanding prevented this golden child of 60s grunge, early 70s Metal & Glam, late 70s punk and every burn and slash Metal band of the 00s from being properly exposed. L’Heureux along with Johnny B. and Warren B. crafted songs that rivaled the production values of Alan Parsons, when he was engineering Dark Side Of The Moon for Pink Floyd, crossed with a Hard Core post-punk sound while still coming across as fresh and up beat. Now, here in Oct ’08, Kelly L’Heureux sends me a 5 song EP “(beautiful evidence)” by her “new” band Atrina. It is as amazing an accomplishment of sound, style and substance as you will find in any of today’s recordings. You will be aurally hypnotized before you have a chance to realize what is going on. The new line up of L’Heureux (guitars, vox, piano, trumpet, samples), Will Iannuzzi (bass), Dave Parmelee (drums, percussion), Phil Law (guitar) take that far out edge and reel it in, to form a Rock sound that can only be described as; a base root of Classic 60s/70s Metal a la` Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc. mixed with complements of Prog-Metal (Rush 2112 to be exact), blended with a Smashing Pumpkins finesse/aggression and Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nail Industrial mentality. (Keep reading...) . . . . . . . . . . . New Haven Advocate {09.24.08} another review of the {beautiful evidence} e.p. Atrina sounds like they mean it, with an earnestness matched by technical expertise and solid songwriting. This record is high-stakes. It bears the superficial markers of earnestness — deep, heavy riffing, a brooding and moody sensibility, haunted-sounding vocals and songs exclusively in minor keys — but it transcends superficiality. Singer Kelly L'Hereux sounds impassioned and entirely straightforward, her voice positioned low enough in the mix to create a compelling push-and-pull between vocals and band. This dark stuff is thoroughly rocking, spooky, tuneful and direct, a collection of mid-tempo post-punk tunes from the depths that delivers. New Haven rocker boys, take note — L'Hereux's not joking around, and she's helping to trash the local scene's in-joke-isms and to bring us in touch with something more universal in the process. (Brian LaRue) . . . . . . . . . . . one bass on an overthrow {09.14.08} @ I AM Festival in New London - 09.13.08 Atrina's presentation still needs a bit of work-- to be fair, they've apparently got five years' worth of rust to contend with-- but their songs are really great; nice bottom-heavy rock stuff with some spacier passages in between, sorta like a more rugged Farewood. Like that's gonna help anyone, seeing as most of you haven't heard any of the newer Farewood stuff, but y'know, that's what the song down below is for. Atrina - "Beautiful Evidence" . . . . . . . . . . . PLAY Arts & Entertainment Weekly {09.03.08} a review of the {beautiful evidence} e.p. About five years ago this band just kind of went away which was a dang shame 'cause they were a great, moody-without-being-mopey, sorta arty group that worked well. This here is a "return" recording with a sorta new line-up. And it's better than the old stuff. For real. Five songs, pleasantly shadow-y (if Siouxsie sang some pop tunes through the Melvins gear) and spot-on solid. Chilling atmospheric beauty, just enough distortion, delicate vocals offset the dirge-ous bits, all good. Holy crap! Seriously now. This is really good. Standout Track: Just get the disc, okay? And don't worry about it. (Craig Gilbert)

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