The Autumns

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Name = The Autumns


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Origin = Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre = Indie rock
Shoegaze
Years_active = 1997–present
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URL = [http://www.theautumns.com/ www.theautumns.com]
Current_members = Matthew Kelly
Frankie Koroshec
Dustin Morgan
Steve Elkins
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The Autumns are an American indie rock [ [http://www.experimusic.com/altrock-autumns.htm The Autumns- Fake Noise from a Box of Toys Review ] ] band based in Los Angeles, California, comprising Matthew Kelly (vocals, guitar), Frankie Koroshec (guitar), Dustin Morgan (bass) and Steve Elkins (drums). Their sound has been described as being similar to that of 1950s pop music [http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/0105/autumns.shtml HYBRIDMAGAZINE.COM | REVIEWS | The Autumns - The Autumns album review ] ]

Formed by childhood friends Koroshec and Kelly, the band was signed to Risk Records in 1997 and released an EP, "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 is also a member of The Sound of Animals Fighting and contributed to 2006's Lover, the Lord Has Left Us.... 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 Pool" (1997)
*"In the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour" (2000)
*"The Autumns" (2004)
*"Fake Noise from a Box of Toys" (2007)

;EPs

*"Suicide at Strell Park" (1997)
*"Winter in a Silver Box" (1998)
*"Le Carillon" (2001)
*"Covers" (2001)
*"Gift" (2003)

;Singles

*"Boy With the Aluminum Stilts" (1999)
*"Every Sunday Sky" (2004)
*"Boys" (2007)

;Split singles

*"White Nights" (Psychic TV cover) / "Callin' Out to Jesus in the Middle of the Night" - Lift to Experience

References

External links

* [http://www.theautumns.com Official website]
* [http://www.bellaunion.com/artist.php?artcode=theautumns Band page at Bella Union]
* [http://www.myspace.com/theautumns The Autumns on Myspace]
* [http://demolisten.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/04132007-demolisten-the-autumns/ The Autumns play a live set on KXLU 88.9 fm Los Angeles' show Demolisten]