Stuck On Repeat: The Autumns In “U.S. Band Big in U.K.” Shocker
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 – Boys [MP3] The Autumns [MySpace]
