Autumn's Grey Solace - Shades Of Grey (c) 2006 Projekt
Artist....: Autumns Grey Solace
Album.....: Shades Of Grey
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 11
Genre.....: Gothic
Label.....: Projekt
Catalogue#: 184
Encoder...: LAME 3.90.3 Mod VBR
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.autumnsgreysolace.com
Tracklist:
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01 Treasure Box 02:51
02 Cold Sea 03:33
03 Angel Of Light 03:21
04 Last Tear 04:02
05 Hidden 03:41
06 Shades Of Grey 03:31
07 Fodderwing 03:11
08 In The Darkest Night 05:12
09 Edge Of The World 04:24
10 The Cell 04:27
11 Still 03:01
Total:63,1 MB / 41:14 min
Release Notes:
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Ever mindful of the lineage they have established, Autumn's Grey Solace
stays true to their musical roots while introducing a driving and
aggressive intensity to some tracks on Shades Of Grey, their fourth
album. The album begins with "Treasure Box", a lush combination of
layered female vocal harmonies and sugar-glazed guitars, slightly
evocative of the Cocteau Twins' Blue Bell Knoll period. It is the
second track, "Cold Sea", which finds this duo venturing into new sonic
territories. The vocals are suave and attractive while the guitars are
swirly and wet and driving; this track has an intensity not heard
before from the band. It's not quite "rock", but it could certainly be
described as "ethereal rock"! They quickly recede into the melancholy
with ôLast Tear," taking shoegazing down into the sub-contra with
heavily effected 7-string guitar chords and abysmally deep bass lines.
Erin Welton expands her vocal stylings on this track, creating some of
her most expressive vocals ever. The middle of the album progresses
with beautifully crystalline compositions, including the dreampop title
track, "Shades Of Grey". Near the end of the album, songs like the
dreamy "Edge Of The World" and "Still" retain the soft, heavenly
qualities that Autumn's Grey Solace is known for on their previous
albums.
Knowing that you need a little bit of light to define the shadows,
Shades Of Grey takes the shoegazer genre in new directions and beyond,
showing that Autumn,s Grey Solace is evolving, yet retains the
characteristics that have made their music popular with fans of the
Ethereal, Shoegazer and Dreampop genres. Shades Of Grey is incredible,
leaving the listener breathless. :)