Alex the Astronaut

Alexandra Lynn, who performs as Alex the Astronaut, is an Australian singer-songwriter. She has been described as one of Australia's "most powerful and important songwriters". Her music has been described as folk pop and folktronica, often drawing comparisons to Paul Kelly. Lynn graduated from Pymble Ladies' College in Sydney before studying maths and physics at Long Island University, New York, including a thesis on sonoluminescence, where she played soccer for the LIU Post Pioneers. Her record label, Minkowski Records, was named after the Minkowski diagram.