If you believe the British music press (and I do, always), the California band The Autumns is among our nation’s finest musical products, with critics in the U.K. throwing around phrases like “no self-respecting indie fan should be without it” and “unutterably beautiful but also hugely powerful.” On this side of the Atlantic, the band does well when it emerges for concerts in Los Angeles and has a dedicated following among shoegaze fans, but it hasn’t broken through into the indie-music mainstream. While the Autumns’ first albums did stick to a more ethereal, effects-laden sound that would immediately please Slowdive and Cocteau Twins fans, the band’s October release on Bella Union/World’s Fair packs a more immediate punch:
The Autumns [MySpace]
I have nothing to say about the Autumns. Nothing at all.
(And should you like the cover art up there, check out the work of my friend Aaron Kraten who did it. Unless someone’s ripping him off. Which would suck.)
Ironically, Bella Union is run by former Cocteaus bassist Simon Raymonde.
i don’t think this sounds anything like slowdive or cocteau twins, and frankly i’m not very pleased. bleh.
Is this a Bloc Party b-side posted by accident?