Album Notes

The self-released debut album of Autumn's Grey Solace.

Angelic vocals and heavenly guitar orchestrations are combined with earthy acoustic guitars and emotive bass and drums. The result is a lush soundscape that conveys imagery and feeling.

The sound of Autumn's Grey Solace is strongly defined by Erin Welton's distinctly appealing voice and Scott Ferrell's otherworldly guitar playing. Erin's vocal style has a soft quality that is pleasing to the ear and fits well within the musical context. Her lyric writing ability is both abstract and amazing. Some songs have deep metaphorical meaning, others are just beautifully poetic. The guitar is often hypnotic, infusing a powerful element of escapism into the mix. The bass guitar is sometimes melodic, other times it plays driving bass lines. In some compositions the bass arpeggiates broken minor chords, constructing a sturdy foundation for the rest of the instruments. Tastefully reverbed acoustic drums play intricate yet subtle rhythm accompaniment, keeping the arrangements quite interesting.


WITHIN THE DEPTHS OF A DARKENED FOREST (Song descriptions)

1. RESONANT DUSK

Ambient electric guitar feedback and crystalline guitar embellishments envelope a whimsical vocal trailed by a canyon-slapped echo.

2. FORGOTTEN, FOSSILIZED, ARCHAIC

Driving bass and drums with richly distorted slide guitar and soaring angelic vocals.

3. SHADOWS OF MOONLIT NIGHTS

Strummed 12-string acoustic guitars caress the ears while synchronized guitar echoes galavant. A poem set to music, the vocals conjure imagery.

4. CAST TO THE SEAS IN STORMS

A pulsating ambience of deeply reverbed drums immersed in diffuse guitar melodies and drones. The chorus introduces an explosion of lush, dripping wet guitar chords and expressive vocals.

5. EVE

Sparkling 12 and 6-string acoustic plucked arpeggios and melodies under airy, celestial vocals.

6. REFLECTIONS OF FALLING LEAVES

Intense vocals supported by melodic bass guitar chords, exotic drums, and mind bending guitars.

7. LOST

A spectrum of dense, eerie vocal harmonies and flowing guitar rhythms.

8. WITHIN THE DEPTHS OF A DARKENED FOREST

A blanket of morose tones over a throbbing bass line, the end transforms into an eruption of ethereal bliss.