| The Autumns | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Website | www.theautumns.com |
| Members | |
| Matthew Kelly Frankie Koroshec Dustin Morgan Steve Elkins |
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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). Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells
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. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Suicide at Strell Park is the debut release by the American Alternative rock band The Autumns. The Angel Pool is the debut album by the American Alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 1997
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. Cocteau Twins were a Scottish Alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997 Simon Raymonde (born Simon Philip Raymonde 3 April 1962, in Tottenham, London) is an English Musician and Record London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour is the second album by the American Alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 2000
. . . 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. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. KROQ-FM is a commercial Radio station located in Los Angeles California, broadcasting on 106
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" [1]). 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. Le Carillon is an EP of fifties-inspired love songs by the American Alternative rock band The Autumns, released in Covers is an EP by the American Alternative rock band The Autumns, released in a limited edition of 500 in 2001. Angela Shelton (born December 5, 1972) is an American Screenwriter, Actress, and Documentary film producer,
The band released their self-titled third album in 2004 on Pseudopod Records in America and Bella Union in the UK. The Autumns is the third album by the American Alternative rock band The Autumns, released in 2004 Bella Union is an Independent record label that was started up by Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde in 1997. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The album was lauded extensively in the European press, receiving four-star reviews in The Times, MOJO, and 8/10 in NME. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been 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. Bella Union is an Independent record label that was started up by Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde in 1997. 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.... The Sound of Animals Fighting: a musician collective from the United States with members spread across the country Lover the Lord has Left Us is the second album by the Experimental rock band The Sound of Animals Fighting. 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
External links
- Official website
- Band page at Bella Union
- The Autumns on Myspace
- The Autumns play a live set on KXLU 88.9 fm Los Angeles' show Demolisten
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