(1997) - Established the band as "the top third-generation shoegazer band" and garnered a miraculous amount of positive press: "A hypnotic pop masterpiece" (Flipside); "**** - a fine debut" (Allmusic.com); "melodically pristine" (CMJ). Features "Sunblush" and "Glass in Lullabies."

REVIEWS

"The band takes the mesmerizing guitar wash, rolling bass lines and ethereal sheen of its predecessors and updates them with some intriguing pop structures, upfront vocals, and straight-forward guitar arrangements. Emotion drives everything here, from the lush guitar strums of "The Garden Ends" and the title track to the biting, riffs found on tracks like "Eskimo Swim" and "Sunblush." The group gives listeners something concrete to grasp onto, but never loses its phantasmic hue. An enlightening unit that knows its past but pushes toward the future."
CMJ

(four stars)…a fine debut…[an] alluring mix of power and beauty…”
ALL MUSIC GUIDE

"Slowly spiraling guitar motifs and haunting Morrisey-esque vocals paint a dark, inky portrait of surreality. Some tracks are several minutes in length, slowing velocity as they go, gradually nudging the listener into enrapture...beautiful gloomy stuff..."
MEANSTREET

"The Autumns have breathed new life into the gone but not forgotten realm of dreamy guitar pop."
MTV ONLINE

"A crushingly gorgeous album that transcended its influences just by being so damn good you could barely believe you had to choose between listening to it or doing dumb shit like going to work or buying groceries."
STYLUS

“From the moment the group starts, the audience is enraptured because the music is poetic, melodic, epic, and highly emotional…they have a well thought out and unique sound.”
CAMPUS CIRCLE

"What's even more amazing is that this band comes from LA, and The Doors are the only LA band I can think of that had such emotional longevity.”
ROCKLOVE

“The Autumns deliver a kind of surreal, emotionally-charged pop that’s far more dynamic and interesting than most of the bands in that genre.”
NEXT FLASH

“The lush, ethereal, layered, guitar-drenched sound has been conceived and delivered on a grand scale.”
ALBUM NETWORK

“…they have strong songs and a strong singer, the combination of which actually yanks the band out of the morass of witless meandering a lot of similar bands end up doing.”
CREATIVE LOAFING

“With The Angel Pool, The Autumns strive for the operatic and damn near achieve it…edgy guitars compete with the sweeping romanticism of vocals, the cumulative experience crafting another world…it will wake you to an alternative, intoxicating universe.”
CD PREVIEWS (CD NOW)

“The Autumns deliver first-rate, trance-ey, aggressive power pop.”
GRUNWICH GAZETTE

“The CD is so beautiful, so peaceful and melodic. It’s something that is easily put in and listened to over and over. I hear something new in it every time I listen.”
FRIGHT X

“It’s just too damn beautiful to pass up.”
BIG TAKEOVER

“The Autumns do their heroes proud on their Risk Records debut album, The Angel Pool, wrapping warm harmonies around spright, jangly guitars and moody vocals.”
PAUSE AND PLAY

"The Autumns have proven to be in a category of their own. They have emerged as the forerunners of dream-pop with their angelic vocals and hypnotic melodies...The Angel Pool possesses one heavenly track after another."
NEW UNIVERSITY

"The Angel Pool is limitless, full of imagination and promise, and has this critic's vote as one of the most captivating releases to have come out in a while - a perfect compromise of nostalgia with new, innovative music.
DAILY TEXAN

"The Autumns have a stage presence that is matched only by their music. The audience is suspended in a dream-like state as the music swirls and tangles around them."
LOGOS

“…there is no denying their talent. A band cannot compile such a large fan base through word of mouth and not be gifted.”
THE DAILY BEACON

“Truly dazzling and commanding to the point they forcefully kick ass, The Angel Pool is by far the best new CD I've heard all month…With a critically-acclaimed EP to their credit (Suicide at Strell Park, released this past July) the four-man band from LA has already garnered a lot of attention for their phenomenal sound and live presentation (which I might add is mesmerizing).”
JUICE MAGAZINE

"the top third generation shoegazer band"
CHICKPAGES

"Risk Records’ finest"
HITS magazine

"a hypnotic pop masterpiece"
FLIPSIDE