The Autumns
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The Autumns are an American
indie rock
band based in Los Angeles
, California
, comprising Matthew Kelly
(vocals, guitar
), Frankie Koroshec (guitar), Dustin Morgan (bass
) and Steve Elkins (drums
).
, Suicide at Strell Park
, and album, The Angel Pool
, the same year.
The Angel Pool brought the band to the attention of the Cocteau Twins
' Simon Raymonde
and they decamped to London
to record their second album In the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour
with Raymonde at the controls.
...Russet Gold looked set to break the band to a wider audience, drawing interest from MTV
and influential Los Angeles based radio station KROQ
, but shortly after its release Risk collapsed and the band found themselves without a label.
This was not a situation that bothered the group much (indeed Koroshec later stated, "It was for the best. That level of attention made us uncomfortable. And it wasn't the record to blow up. We were still searching and experimenting" http://theautumns.com/). In the following years The Autumns released a four-song recording of 1950s inspired love songs on pink vinyl (Le Carillon
) and the covers EP Covers and also scored the film Searching for Angela Shelton, revelling in the artistic freedom that being unsigned provided.
The band released their self-titled third album
in 2004 on Pseudopod Records in America and Bella Union
in the UK
. The album was lauded extensively in the European press, receiving four-star reviews in The Times
, MOJO
, and 8/10 in NME
. The band's fourth album, Fake Noise From a Box of Toys, is set for release on Bella Union
on October 8, 2007 in the United Kingdom. A U.S. release will follow shortly thereafter.
Lead singer Matthew Kelly also had guest vocals and guitar for The Sound of Animals Fighting
and contributed to 2006's Lover, the Lord Has Left Us...
and 2008's The Ocean and The Sun. Kelly and Koroshec contributed lyrics to the first volume of the Warner Books compendium, Revolution on Canvas. Kelly and Elkins contributed short stories to Revolution on Canvas 2.
EPs
Singles
Split singles
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band based in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, comprising Matthew Kelly
Matthew Kelly (The Autumns)
Matthew Kelly is the vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band The Autumns.Kelly's output with The Autumns began in 1997 with the EP Suicide at Strell Park and the full-length The Angel Pool....
(vocals, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
), Frankie Koroshec (guitar), Dustin Morgan (bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) and Steve Elkins (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
).
History
Formed by childhood friends Koroshec and Kelly, the band was signed to Risk Records in 1997 and released an EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Suicide at Strell Park
Suicide at Strell Park
Suicide at Strell Park is the debut release by the American alternative rock band The Autumns.-Track listing:#"Pale Trembles a Gale" – 3:59#"Apple" – 3:56#"Rose Catcher" – 3:23#"Suicide at Strell Park" – 3:56...
, and album, The Angel Pool
The Angel Pool
The Angel Pool is the debut album by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 1997.-Track listing:#"The Garden Ends"#"Embracing Winter"#"Sunblush"#"Juniper Hill"#"Relinquished"#"Eskimo Swin"#"The Angel Pool"...
, the same year.
The Angel Pool brought the band to the attention of the Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997, known for innovative instrumentation and atmospheric, non-lyrical vocals...
' Simon Raymonde
Simon Raymonde
Simon Philip Raymonde is an English musician and record producer. He is the son of the late arranger and composer, Ivor Raymonde.-Career:...
and they decamped to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to record their second album In the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour
In the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour
In the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour is the second album by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 2000.As of 2008, this album is out of print.-Track listing:All songs written by The Autumns.#"Boy with the Aluminum Stilts"...
with Raymonde at the controls.
...Russet Gold looked set to break the band to a wider audience, drawing interest from MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
and influential Los Angeles based radio station KROQ
KROQ-FM
KROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...
, but shortly after its release Risk collapsed and the band found themselves without a label.
This was not a situation that bothered the group much (indeed Koroshec later stated, "It was for the best. That level of attention made us uncomfortable. And it wasn't the record to blow up. We were still searching and experimenting" http://theautumns.com/). In the following years The Autumns released a four-song recording of 1950s inspired love songs on pink vinyl (Le Carillon
Le Carillon
Le Carillon is an EP of fifties-inspired love songs by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 2001. For this album, they were reunited with producer Andrew D. Prickett....
) and the covers EP Covers and also scored the film Searching for Angela Shelton, revelling in the artistic freedom that being unsigned provided.
The band released their self-titled third album
The Autumns (album)
The Autumns is the third album by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 2004. The release was long awaited, as the recording process was lengthy. In the meantime, bassist Brian Stearns exited the band, and was replaced by Dustin Morgan...
in 2004 on Pseudopod Records in America and Bella Union
Bella Union
Bella Union is an independent record label that was started up by Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie in 1997.After releasing records with 4AD for a large part of their career, Cocteau Twins decided to take a step towards independence and started up the Bella Union record label, through which they...
in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The album was lauded extensively in the European press, receiving four-star reviews in The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, MOJO
Mojo (magazine)
MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music...
, and 8/10 in NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
. The band's fourth album, Fake Noise From a Box of Toys, is set for release on Bella Union
Bella Union
Bella Union is an independent record label that was started up by Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie in 1997.After releasing records with 4AD for a large part of their career, Cocteau Twins decided to take a step towards independence and started up the Bella Union record label, through which they...
on October 8, 2007 in the United Kingdom. A U.S. release will follow shortly thereafter.
Lead singer Matthew Kelly also had guest vocals and guitar for The Sound of Animals Fighting
The Sound of Animals Fighting
The Sound of Animals Fighting was an American rock supergroup founded by Rich Balling of Rx Bandits. They released a trilogy of records between 2004 and 2008, and performed only four live shows, following their second release in 2006...
and contributed to 2006's Lover, the Lord Has Left Us...
Lover, the Lord Has Left Us...
Lover, the Lord has Left Us... is the second album by the experimental rock band The Sound of Animals Fighting. The album was released on May 30, 2006 through Equal Vision Records but will still use Rich Balling's Stars & Satellites imprint....
and 2008's The Ocean and The Sun. Kelly and Koroshec contributed lyrics to the first volume of the Warner Books compendium, Revolution on Canvas. Kelly and Elkins contributed short stories to Revolution on Canvas 2.
Discography
Albums- The Angel PoolThe Angel PoolThe Angel Pool is the debut album by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 1997.-Track listing:#"The Garden Ends"#"Embracing Winter"#"Sunblush"#"Juniper Hill"#"Relinquished"#"Eskimo Swin"#"The Angel Pool"...
(1997) - In the Russet Gold of This Vain HourIn the Russet Gold of This Vain HourIn the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour is the second album by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 2000.As of 2008, this album is out of print.-Track listing:All songs written by The Autumns.#"Boy with the Aluminum Stilts"...
(2000) - The AutumnsThe Autumns (album)The Autumns is the third album by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 2004. The release was long awaited, as the recording process was lengthy. In the meantime, bassist Brian Stearns exited the band, and was replaced by Dustin Morgan...
(2004) - Fake Noise from a Box of ToysFake Noise from a Box of ToysFake Noise from a Box of Toys is the fourth album by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 2007.-Track listing:All songs written by The Autumns.#"Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers"#"Boys"#"Clem"...
(2007)
EPs
- Suicide at Strell ParkSuicide at Strell ParkSuicide at Strell Park is the debut release by the American alternative rock band The Autumns.-Track listing:#"Pale Trembles a Gale" – 3:59#"Apple" – 3:56#"Rose Catcher" – 3:23#"Suicide at Strell Park" – 3:56...
(1997) - Winter in a Silver BoxWinter in a Silver BoxWinter in a Silver Box is an EP by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 1998. It had a limited pressing of 1,000 copies, and has been long out of print.-Track listing:#"The Angel Pool "#"Tears and the Sun"...
(1998) - Le CarillonLe CarillonLe Carillon is an EP of fifties-inspired love songs by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 2001. For this album, they were reunited with producer Andrew D. Prickett....
(2001) - Covers (2001)
- GiftGift (EP)Gift is an EP by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in a limited edition of 150 in 2003. The EP was given away at a fundraising concert put on by the band to help raise the money needed to mix their self-titled third album ....
(2003)
Singles
- "Boy With the Aluminum Stilts" (1999)
- "Every Sunday Sky" (2004)
- "Boys" (2007)
Split singles
- "White Nights" (Psychic TVPsychic TVPsychic TV or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic, punk, electronic and experimental music...
cover) / "Callin' Out to Jesus in the Middle of the Night" - Lift to ExperienceLift to ExperienceLift to Experience was a band from Denton, Texas that formed in 1996 with vocalist and guitarist Josh T. Pearson, drummer Andy "The Boy" Young and bassist Josh "The Bear" Browning...
External links
- LA Underground on The Autumns
- Drowned in Sound on The Autumns
- Los Angeles Times interview with The Autumns
- All Music Guide, The Angel Pool
- All Music Guide, In the Russet Gold of this Vain Hour
- Evil Sponge review of In the Russet Gold of this Vain Hour
- All Music Guide, The Autumns
- Uncut review of The Autumns
- Tiny Mix Tapes review of The Autumns
- Opus review of The Autumns
- Grave Concerns review of The Autumns
- Stylus review of The Autumns
- All Music Guide, Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- MTV, Boys video
- Amplifier review of Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- Exclaim review of Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- Click Music review of Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- Subba-Cultcha review of Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- Popmatters review of Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- MusicOHM review of Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- New Wave Geo review of Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- Own This Music review of Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- Music Stuff Etc review of Fake Noise From a Box of Toys
- Rock Louder interview with Matthew Kelly
- Buzzgrinder interview with Matthew Kelly
- Creative Underdogs interview with Matthew Kelly
- Interview with Matthew Kelly
- Campus Times interview with Matthew Kelly
- Pause and Play interview with Matthew Kelly
- Phantom Tollbooth review of Covers
- Phantom Tollbooth review of Boy with the Aluminum Stilts
- Almost Cool review of Le Carillon
- Band page at Bella Union
- The Autumns play a live set on KXLU 88.9 fm Los Angeles' show Demolisten