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Alex the Astronaut Shares ‘How to Grow A Sunflower Underwater’

Alex the Astronaut delivers a remarkably refreshing and uplifting perspective on ‘Growing Up, getting a ‘Haircut’ and being ‘Sick’.

Alex The Astronaut at SXSW

Alex The Astronaut

Michelle Grace Hunder

Sophomore syndrome hasn’t found Alex the Astronaut.

From the creator of Absolutely Nothing comes How to Grow A Sunflower Underwater — a remarkably refreshing and uplifting perspective on “Growing Up”, getting a “Haircut” and being “Sick”.

Only through the lens of an artistic — and recently diagnosed on the autism spectrum — songwriting maven, can we begin to see and experience the world in neoteric ways.

Alex the Astronaut begins a national tour of Australia on Sunday.

Stream: Alex the Astronaut, How to Grow A Sunflower Underwater


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