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Shades Of Grey

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This CD has the best song I've heard for a long time. "Cold Sea" is a lush loud (and atmospheric at the same time somehow) wonderful combination of sounds and melodies with some killer solo guitar work overlaid over Erin's lovely vocals. If you have a chance to listen to it off the CD on good headphones you'll be totally amazed at what is done and the production values. I'm afraid I'm going to go deaf because it is such a rush to listen to it loud on my headphone system but I'm addicted. An absolutely killer song that by itself makes it worthwhile to buy the CD and earn it 5 stars.

The rest of the CD is good but AGS sets the bar high with "Grey Sea." Can you guys do more of that please? There are some other good songs like "Treasure Box" "Angel of Light" and "Edge of the World". There really is only one song that I consistently skip so that says much.

Erin's voice is very nice when she stays in her range. Most of the CD is in her range and is very slow generally in its tempo which works well for her and keeps most of the music in the "shoegazer" category. How Scott remains subdued in these slower songs which dominate the CD I don't know.

I'm a fan of Mira and while overall Apart is still a better CD for my tastes this is definitely a worthwhile addition to your collection.

Scott and Erin - I'm no musical expert but if you could somehow move uptempo a bit more and let Scott use those considerable guitar skills he has to go more in the direction of "Cold Sea" you guys could really set yourselves apart (pun intended) from the pack.

THIS CD IS SUCH A PEACEFUL BEAUTIFUL CREATIVE SOUND. ERIN'S VOICE IS ANGELICAL. SCOTT FERRELL'S SKILLFUL MUSICAL TALENT WORKS SO WELL WITH ERINS VOICE. I TOTALLY ENJOY LISTENING TO THIS CD. IT PUTS MY MIND IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, AS I TOTALLY AM ABSORBED BY THE MUSIC!!

I am a new fan of Autumn's Grey Solace. A friend of mine gave me a copy of the band's last album "Riverine". I liked what I heard but there wasn't anything that stood out with me from the album. I recently acquired a copy of the band's latest cd "Shades of Grey" and I thought it was a vast improvement over "Riverine". The first thing that I noticed when I started listening to the cd was how similiar the music was akin to the Cocteau Twins and a bit of Mazzy Star. I just love the combination of jangly guitars, Erin's clear ethereal vocals, and infectious melodies. They really worked together this time, making the music more memorable than on the last album. The production is immaculate. This is how recordings should sound. Erin's vocals are as clear as glass. They are not muddled up by over production or under production quality. The music has a nice live sound. The only flaw is that the songs sounds awfully alike but I can forgive the band for that, the music is much better on this album than on their previous. One of my favorite songs has to be the title track. It is upbeat and I just love how catchy the song is. It's a nice way to wake up in the morning. I also love the playful "Fodderwing". Normally I don't like that wispy vocals a lot of female singers have a tendency to sing with but I loved it in this case. The acoustic guitars added a nice touch to the song. I hope Autumn's Grey Solace continues to make albums that are as strong and consistent as "Shades of Grey" is. This would definitely make me a diehard fan.

This album from Autumn's Grey Solace continues to fishing for influences from all over the dreampop/shoegaze/goth spectrum from MBV, Cocteaus, Lycia, the Cure and Curve. A nice mixture of styles and musically it feels solid however vocally the singing style seems uneven especially during the latter have of the CD. It feels like Erin Welton is having trouble singing or just simply out of breath on some songs. I'm not sure if this intentional or not but in other songs she flawlessly executes the track without erring. I also have issues with some of the more poppy accessible tracks tracks that sound like retreaded 90's alternative/electro-pop of Curve. They seem to use this as a jumping point for their fourth album Ablaze which seems to forge ahead into full on traditional pop/rock style and less synthesized dreampop or shoegazer songs. Their second album, Over the Ocean, seem to be their peak.