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Dearest Fellow Travelers,
It's been too long, we know. Hopefully this detailed update will
tide you over. Where to begin?
The Autumns new full-length, Fake Noise From a Box of Toys, will
be released on October 8 in the UK (Bella Union) and the following
day in the US (Bella Union / World's Fair). We are thrilled to
be working with both labels. World's Fair is an exciting new addition
to the Autumns family. Its roster includes Flaming Lips, Aesop
Rock, Jarvis Cocker and other luminaries.
The first single, Boys, will be released on 7" on September
24 (UK only). In July, director/photographer/legend Piper Ferguson
(Ash, Alkaline Trio, Beck, Interpol) will direct the video for
Boys. Should be good. News on touring to follow as soon as we
have it.
In the meantime, the new track "Clem" is now posted
on the Autumns' Myspace page (myspace.com/theautumns)
and for a short period of time you can download it completely
free of charge just by visiting www.theautumns.com
and signing up to our mailing list.
The track listing for the new album is as follows: Turning Strangers
into Friends and Friends into Customers, Boys, Clem, The Midnight
Knock, Killer in Drag, Night Music, Only Young, Glass Jaw, Uncle
Slim, The Beautiful Boot, Adelaide and Oh My Heart
The Autumns hit the road in the UK
this November.
On to related topics. Mr. Elkins' photography is generating the
proverbial buzz. No surprise there. A few of the more choice selections
will be on display Saturday, July 28.
Here are the details:
SATURDAY, JULY 28th, 2007: 7pm - 2am: $15 Admission
Gallery Preview from 4-7pm: $5 suggested donation
1535 Ivar Ave., Hollywood, CA
For more info, visit createfixate,
scroll down and click on Steve Elkins. The interested buyer may
purchase Mr. Elkins' photographs at this event. To see more of
his work, both photographic and literary, visit smugmug.
Speaking of the literary, both Mr. Elkins and Mr. Kelly have
contributed short stories to the Warner Books volume Revolution
on Canvas 2, which can be purchased at amazon.
For those of a more obscurantist literary disposition, keep an
eye out for the journal of the prestigious Institut des Belles
Lettres Arabes (La Revue IBLA) in 2008. It will feature an essay
on Ottoman historiography by Mr. Kelly entitled The Fall of Decline.
For more info, visit iblatunis.
The new Sound of Animals Fighting DVD (We Must Become the Change
We Want to See) is now available. It features live footage of
Mr. Kelly (as well as his wife, dancer Tammie Johnston) from the
sold-out House of Blues (Anaheim) concert last summer. Also now
available is the re-issue of the TSOAF classic Tiger and the Duke,
which features remixes of My Horse Must Lose (Portugal the Man)
and The Heretic (Evol Intent). The DVD and CD are available here
at equalvision.
Lastly, Mr. Kelly and select members of TSOAF are in the mixing
stage of Pyramids, a new and genre-defining album. It will be
released late Fall. We'll keep you posted.
The Autumns
"This album has such majestic chutzpah that the epic gene
in you will simply surrender"
THE TIMES OF LONDON -- 4 Stars ****
“The Autumns are masters of structure and dynamics…
unutterably beautiful but also hugely powerful”
MOJO -- 4 Stars **** (RECOMMENDED RELEASE)
"'Never soars at anything lower than 30,000 feet"
NME -- 8/10
"No self-respecting indie fan should be without it"
BBC COLLECTIVE
"A swooning juggernaut… impressive stuff"
Q
"Mixes 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
"The soundtrack to a lovely dream… their strongest
album yet"
UNDER THE RADAR
"Capably mixes gorgeous vocals, shoe-gazing and elements
of classical music"
AMPLIFIER
“Luscious and richly melodic lullabies… majestic”
ROCK SOUND
"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
"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
"Considerably more compelling than their occasionally derivative
earlier
releases… A more idiosyncratic, organic album than anything
the group has previously attempted"
ALL MUSIC GUIDE -- 4 1⁄2 Stars
****
"Best of the month"
AVOPOLIS MUSIC NETWORK
"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
"Blissful pop perfection"
HYBRID MUSIC
"Pop music just doesn't get much better than this. Highly
recommended"
BABYSUE -- 5 Stars *****
"It's an unusual album, and one that deserves to be heard."
THE BIG TAKEOVER
"Underground music/dreamy pop’s best kept secret"
THE HEARING AIDE
"Album of the Year"
PASTEPUNK
"Truly phenomenal"
MEHMAG
“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"
SUNSICKNESS
"Cascading waterfalls of deliciously bone-jarring sound…
nearly flawless"
MUSICSPORK
“Brilliantly intricate and creative"
GRAVE CONCERNS
"A lush example of epic indie rock"
LA TIMES
“This is the end of music as you know it"
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
"This record not only defines The Autumns as a band, it defines
music as an art"
THE BLACK AND WHITE MAG -- 5 Stars *****
"Delivers on its expectations and is sure to attract a new
wave of converts"
THE METROPOLITAN, DENVER
"For lack of a better word, breathtaking"
THE ARGONAUT
"The LA-based Autumns manage the wondrous but challenging
task of being both lovely and noisy… an underlying sort
of gorgeousness persists"
FINGERTIPS
"Another fine addition to the band's previous works"
TINY MIX TAPES
“Reaches for greatness, and achieves it”
TUESDAY MORNING 3 AM
“Perfect”
20/20 PROOF
“The most beautiful and entrancing album of the year”
FRESH NEW TUNES
"Masterfully executed"
SOMEWHERE COLD -- 4 1⁄2 Stars
****
"Great work"
LEGENDS MAGAZINE
"A feeling of exhilaration oozes out of every song…
An album that lots of people might end up holding close to their
hearts for a long time"
SLUG MAGAZINE
"Shimmering pop goodness"
SUITE 101
"Soaring …majestic it sounds like the Autumns are finally
hitting their stride"
HARP MAGAZINE
"The song style proves as varied as the ethereal beauty is
constant… I, for one, am not letting them go"
BARNARD BULLETIN, COLUMBIA U.
"The Autumns mix the brutal with the beautiful… The
end result is
brilliant."
ALTERNATIVE MALTA
"Grand and loud and anthemic and joyful and…
wonderfully wonderful."
A FLICKERING LIGHT
"'Cattleya' is phenomenal. Fans of epic/shoegazer/acoustic
pop will flip for this band."
MUSICAL DISCOVERIES
"The melodies of a goldsmith... a precious album"
i-MUZZIK
"Fragile, powerful songs of longing . . . This is a band
that knows how to milk the pathos, but in a way that is completely
honest and ballsy. They know."
MUSIC EMISSIONS - 4 Stars ****
"I would strongly recommend that you check this band out."
UNION WEEKLY
"[A] dream-like wonder."
LOLLIPOP
"The Autumns' third album is the band at the
magnificent height of its career."
UPBEETMUSIC
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