Post by jeanztwo on Feb 15, 2005 22:02:26 GMT 1
press quotes for their latest self titled album
"If you consider Muse the last word in grandiosity, you haven’t heard these five guys soar through The End, Wish Stars or Wonderfully Wonderful. This album has such majestic chutzpah that the epic gene in you will simply surrender."
THE LONDON TIMES - FOUR (OUT OF FOUR) STARS ****
“The Autumns are masters of structure and dynamics… this is one glorious album from a band which can produce music that is unutterably beautiful but also hugely powerful.”
MOJO -- 4 Stars ****
"It's impressive stuff... a lavish phalanx of guitars... a swooning juggernaut... intense..."
Q
"How is it that the autumns are capable of shoegazing when their album never soars at anything lower than 30,000 feet? The answer becomes clear the moment opener The End has finished unfurling itself. It would appear the autumns are watching over their slip-ons from their hot-air balloon. Oh and look, squint a bit and you can just make out the Cocteau twins, and my god, that's the verve! Before they were shit. All of which leads us to the biggest mystery of them all: how come a band from LA has managed to write such a British record? Earthbound disbelievers are advised to reserve their sneers until they've floated through 'Every Sunday Sky'… "
NME -- 8 out of 10
"No self-respecting indie fan should be without it."
BBC COLLECTIVE
"After critically lauded '97 debut The Angel Pool, The Autumns became a big draw on the US college circuit, and could now do the same in the UK. Mixing silvery guitar patterns with raging feedback and FX pedals… searing drama rock..."
UNCUT
"Charming vocals and a string-laden soundscape intertwine to create a seductive debut"
THE OBSERVER
"After more than a decade together, LA natives the Autumns have maintained a remarkably consistent sound and cult fan base. Whether collaborating with the likes of the Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde or scoring films for auteur Angela Shelton, they have done it well and as much as possible, on their own terms. Ever present are lead vocalist Matthew Kelly's oscillating vibrato melody lines and that shoegazer guitar sound. While still duking it out independently, the boys have been enthusiastically lauded by the overseas press. Trends may come and go, but the Autumns' staying power and ever-increasing visibility suggest that a solid sound and strong resolve beat out a slick, hastily produced project any day."
LA WEEKLY
"Let’s go ahead and crown the Autumns heir to the Jeff Buckley legacy. The Los Angeles band has tapped into what was perhaps Buckley’s greatest strength: the ability to be ethereal and haunting -- to give in completely to unbridled passion -- and still rock. The artists spent some time simultaneously covering the same emotional territory; the Autumns have been at it since 1997. But Buckley’s death opened a space for Americans to make lush rock. Coldplay, Interpol and Keane are nice, but the Autumns go for broke into unrelenting, almost operatic emotional territory. And who knows what Matthew Kelly is singing, but it’s gorgeous. Lest he get too pretty, his dreamy desperation is countered by a rhythm section that knows when to pitter-pat and when to let loose a sky full of thunder."
METROPULSE
"Pop music just doesn't get much better than this. Instantly memorable tracks... Highly recommended."
BABYSUE -- 5 Stars *****
"So after all the hype and anticipation and speculation, does the album deliver and what might it sound like? Answers: Yes. It sounds like gorgeous... they are definitely securing their place as underground music/dreamy pop’s best kept secret... I’ll be saving a spot in my top ten of the year for this album."
THE HEARING AIDE
"(Album of the Year) I have never been so fully affected by an album. The first month of owning this I had it on constantly. Every time I put something else in, I would go back to this album because it was just plain better. My album of the year and one of my favorites ever."
PASTEPUNK
"The Autumns excel in a shoegazer-ish wall of fuzz sound that still assaults you days later, resonating distortion bouncing around inside your skull, I thought they were truly phenomenal, go if you can make it; but be prepared to dream in fuzz the entire next week."
MEHMAG
“Their vocals and lyrics are soft, poetic tales that you might imagine have been taken out of old, elaborately decorated storybooks; and their music is so smooth, yet soothingly abrasive that you can't help but think you've fallen into a trance. You'd probably find it disturbing if it wasn't so beautiful.”
ANTIDOTE
"(Album of the Year) Everything about this sonic wonder gives me tingles. The songs’ emotional ranges are exceptional, opening with single falsetto voice gliding over a simple guitar riff, that builds and erupts into an overwhelming wall of the most beautiful noises. The song structures evade typical rock stereotypes, and (gasp!) there are a multitude of instrumentals with no voice at all. You’ll find all kinds of influences seeping through the ear candy. You’ll hear Jeff Buckley, the Beach Boys, French troubadour music, the Beatles, and I swear, a little Danny Elfman. But they combine a wide and seemingly unmixable array of ideas into what is in my opinion a kind of modern symphony of sound. Like all great albums, this is a journey. There are lots of thematic ideas here that are repeated and built upon. The album sounds like a soundtrack to some unknown movie."
SUNSICKNESS
“A widescreen vista of an album, one that earnestly and unironically reaches for greatness, and achieves it.”
TUESDAY MORNING 3 AM
“The Autumns are now wielding the missing piece that prevented their excellent works of the past from being what their new effort is: perfect.”
20/20 PROOF
“The review staff here have been fighting over this disc. It is easily the most beautiful and entrancing album of the year.”
FRESH NEW TUNES
“It had been a long time since I'd seen it come together like this. It was an interesting effect. Sure, I enjoyed the first tune. Since I had never heard the band before, I listened attentively, noting appreciatively the three guitarists' crisp interplay; their individual tones discernible but never overpowering. But hey, every band puts its best foot forward, right? With a thick, gravelly voice, singer Matthew Kelly then announced that he was ill, please bear with him. Wasn't this a classic excuse made by performers whose live chops can't compare to the computer-enhanced vocals on their studio tracks? But as the set progressed, his voice remained full and unwavering. "Song after song, I found myself searching for common shortcomings: flubbed cues, repetitive or threadbare melodies, excessive posturing or unnecessary stage antics. But as much as I scrutinized, the band and their music remained nearly flawless. Drummer Steve Elkins was effortless, thrashing through songs with a mesmerizing expertise. Guitarists Frankie Koroshec and Kelly, never let it get boring, alternately serving up warm strums, icy plinks, and cascading waterfalls of deliciously bone-jarring sound. Indeed, Kelly delivered one of the stronger and understatedly passionate performances in recent memory. And bassist Zinskie had no problem matching his mates' energy. Here were five guys who knew their music well, knew each other well, and -- after nearly 11 years -- could still conjure the kind of earnest intensity to sell a rock 'n' roll show.”
MUSICSPORK
“While comparisons are easily drawn, The Autumns is a fairly unique offering marked by excellent songwriting, pristine production, and beautiful performances… brilliantly intricate and creative…”
GRAVE CONCERNS
“This is the end of music as you know it. Raising the bar so high the birds fly about it, The Autumns have assembled a collection of some of the best indie rock pop songs you'll ever have the pleasure to listen to.”
SMOTHER
"Where many bands collapse under the system, the Autumns have thrived, with their self-titled third album serving as a testament that out of hardship, beauty is born."
THE PEOPLE'S DANCE PARTY
"The union of pure beauty and bitter dissonance. This record not only defines The Autumns as a band, it defines music as an art... I don’t know if a better self-titled album exists."
THE BLACK AND WHITE MAG -- 5 Stars
"Crisp, succinct guitar notes and emotive, falsetto vocals mark the album's myriad styles and structures, and whether it emulates the lilting harmonies and percussive snaps of '50s Doo-Wop groups, as on the track 'Desole' or revels in distortion and fuzz effects in the song 'Wish Stars,' the music retains a tender and poignant energy...the album delivers on its expectations and is sure to attract a new wave of converts."
THE METROPOLITAN, DENVER
"Great pop music that is intelligent and almost flawless... extremely impressive... one of the best shoegazer albums I have ever heard."
PASTEPUNK
"[The Autumns] is, for lack of a better word, breathtaking... the delivery is flawless... stunning."
THE ARGONAUT
"…a stronghold of strings, textured instrumentation, and enough lengthy verse to rewrite the Gutenberg… magnificent handling of song direction… a relentless record that has more highs and lows than the life of a balloon. Give it a chance if you prefer your rain with thunder."
PERFORMER MAGAZINE
"If you consider Muse the last word in grandiosity, you haven’t heard these five guys soar through The End, Wish Stars or Wonderfully Wonderful. This album has such majestic chutzpah that the epic gene in you will simply surrender."
THE LONDON TIMES - FOUR (OUT OF FOUR) STARS ****
“The Autumns are masters of structure and dynamics… this is one glorious album from a band which can produce music that is unutterably beautiful but also hugely powerful.”
MOJO -- 4 Stars ****
"It's impressive stuff... a lavish phalanx of guitars... a swooning juggernaut... intense..."
Q
"How is it that the autumns are capable of shoegazing when their album never soars at anything lower than 30,000 feet? The answer becomes clear the moment opener The End has finished unfurling itself. It would appear the autumns are watching over their slip-ons from their hot-air balloon. Oh and look, squint a bit and you can just make out the Cocteau twins, and my god, that's the verve! Before they were shit. All of which leads us to the biggest mystery of them all: how come a band from LA has managed to write such a British record? Earthbound disbelievers are advised to reserve their sneers until they've floated through 'Every Sunday Sky'… "
NME -- 8 out of 10
"No self-respecting indie fan should be without it."
BBC COLLECTIVE
"After critically lauded '97 debut The Angel Pool, The Autumns became a big draw on the US college circuit, and could now do the same in the UK. Mixing silvery guitar patterns with raging feedback and FX pedals… searing drama rock..."
UNCUT
"Charming vocals and a string-laden soundscape intertwine to create a seductive debut"
THE OBSERVER
"After more than a decade together, LA natives the Autumns have maintained a remarkably consistent sound and cult fan base. Whether collaborating with the likes of the Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde or scoring films for auteur Angela Shelton, they have done it well and as much as possible, on their own terms. Ever present are lead vocalist Matthew Kelly's oscillating vibrato melody lines and that shoegazer guitar sound. While still duking it out independently, the boys have been enthusiastically lauded by the overseas press. Trends may come and go, but the Autumns' staying power and ever-increasing visibility suggest that a solid sound and strong resolve beat out a slick, hastily produced project any day."
LA WEEKLY
"Let’s go ahead and crown the Autumns heir to the Jeff Buckley legacy. The Los Angeles band has tapped into what was perhaps Buckley’s greatest strength: the ability to be ethereal and haunting -- to give in completely to unbridled passion -- and still rock. The artists spent some time simultaneously covering the same emotional territory; the Autumns have been at it since 1997. But Buckley’s death opened a space for Americans to make lush rock. Coldplay, Interpol and Keane are nice, but the Autumns go for broke into unrelenting, almost operatic emotional territory. And who knows what Matthew Kelly is singing, but it’s gorgeous. Lest he get too pretty, his dreamy desperation is countered by a rhythm section that knows when to pitter-pat and when to let loose a sky full of thunder."
METROPULSE
"Pop music just doesn't get much better than this. Instantly memorable tracks... Highly recommended."
BABYSUE -- 5 Stars *****
"So after all the hype and anticipation and speculation, does the album deliver and what might it sound like? Answers: Yes. It sounds like gorgeous... they are definitely securing their place as underground music/dreamy pop’s best kept secret... I’ll be saving a spot in my top ten of the year for this album."
THE HEARING AIDE
"(Album of the Year) I have never been so fully affected by an album. The first month of owning this I had it on constantly. Every time I put something else in, I would go back to this album because it was just plain better. My album of the year and one of my favorites ever."
PASTEPUNK
"The Autumns excel in a shoegazer-ish wall of fuzz sound that still assaults you days later, resonating distortion bouncing around inside your skull, I thought they were truly phenomenal, go if you can make it; but be prepared to dream in fuzz the entire next week."
MEHMAG
“Their vocals and lyrics are soft, poetic tales that you might imagine have been taken out of old, elaborately decorated storybooks; and their music is so smooth, yet soothingly abrasive that you can't help but think you've fallen into a trance. You'd probably find it disturbing if it wasn't so beautiful.”
ANTIDOTE
"(Album of the Year) Everything about this sonic wonder gives me tingles. The songs’ emotional ranges are exceptional, opening with single falsetto voice gliding over a simple guitar riff, that builds and erupts into an overwhelming wall of the most beautiful noises. The song structures evade typical rock stereotypes, and (gasp!) there are a multitude of instrumentals with no voice at all. You’ll find all kinds of influences seeping through the ear candy. You’ll hear Jeff Buckley, the Beach Boys, French troubadour music, the Beatles, and I swear, a little Danny Elfman. But they combine a wide and seemingly unmixable array of ideas into what is in my opinion a kind of modern symphony of sound. Like all great albums, this is a journey. There are lots of thematic ideas here that are repeated and built upon. The album sounds like a soundtrack to some unknown movie."
SUNSICKNESS
“A widescreen vista of an album, one that earnestly and unironically reaches for greatness, and achieves it.”
TUESDAY MORNING 3 AM
“The Autumns are now wielding the missing piece that prevented their excellent works of the past from being what their new effort is: perfect.”
20/20 PROOF
“The review staff here have been fighting over this disc. It is easily the most beautiful and entrancing album of the year.”
FRESH NEW TUNES
“It had been a long time since I'd seen it come together like this. It was an interesting effect. Sure, I enjoyed the first tune. Since I had never heard the band before, I listened attentively, noting appreciatively the three guitarists' crisp interplay; their individual tones discernible but never overpowering. But hey, every band puts its best foot forward, right? With a thick, gravelly voice, singer Matthew Kelly then announced that he was ill, please bear with him. Wasn't this a classic excuse made by performers whose live chops can't compare to the computer-enhanced vocals on their studio tracks? But as the set progressed, his voice remained full and unwavering. "Song after song, I found myself searching for common shortcomings: flubbed cues, repetitive or threadbare melodies, excessive posturing or unnecessary stage antics. But as much as I scrutinized, the band and their music remained nearly flawless. Drummer Steve Elkins was effortless, thrashing through songs with a mesmerizing expertise. Guitarists Frankie Koroshec and Kelly, never let it get boring, alternately serving up warm strums, icy plinks, and cascading waterfalls of deliciously bone-jarring sound. Indeed, Kelly delivered one of the stronger and understatedly passionate performances in recent memory. And bassist Zinskie had no problem matching his mates' energy. Here were five guys who knew their music well, knew each other well, and -- after nearly 11 years -- could still conjure the kind of earnest intensity to sell a rock 'n' roll show.”
MUSICSPORK
“While comparisons are easily drawn, The Autumns is a fairly unique offering marked by excellent songwriting, pristine production, and beautiful performances… brilliantly intricate and creative…”
GRAVE CONCERNS
“This is the end of music as you know it. Raising the bar so high the birds fly about it, The Autumns have assembled a collection of some of the best indie rock pop songs you'll ever have the pleasure to listen to.”
SMOTHER
"Where many bands collapse under the system, the Autumns have thrived, with their self-titled third album serving as a testament that out of hardship, beauty is born."
THE PEOPLE'S DANCE PARTY
"The union of pure beauty and bitter dissonance. This record not only defines The Autumns as a band, it defines music as an art... I don’t know if a better self-titled album exists."
THE BLACK AND WHITE MAG -- 5 Stars
"Crisp, succinct guitar notes and emotive, falsetto vocals mark the album's myriad styles and structures, and whether it emulates the lilting harmonies and percussive snaps of '50s Doo-Wop groups, as on the track 'Desole' or revels in distortion and fuzz effects in the song 'Wish Stars,' the music retains a tender and poignant energy...the album delivers on its expectations and is sure to attract a new wave of converts."
THE METROPOLITAN, DENVER
"Great pop music that is intelligent and almost flawless... extremely impressive... one of the best shoegazer albums I have ever heard."
PASTEPUNK
"[The Autumns] is, for lack of a better word, breathtaking... the delivery is flawless... stunning."
THE ARGONAUT
"…a stronghold of strings, textured instrumentation, and enough lengthy verse to rewrite the Gutenberg… magnificent handling of song direction… a relentless record that has more highs and lows than the life of a balloon. Give it a chance if you prefer your rain with thunder."
PERFORMER MAGAZINE