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Autumn Gray is a pretty miserable name for a band. It brings to mind images of gloomy fall skies with clouds pregnant with rain, and that dry air that makes your pants embarrassingly cling to your groin with static. It's a name reminiscent of that time of year when lazily long, balmy summer days turn into crisp, cold evenings. The Melbourne band's songs even have Eeyore-esque names: The Coldest Night, Driving Makes You Tired, Ghost of a Girl and Good Morning Mr Average.
But even with their melancholic folk pop, there's something quietly lovely about this band with all the delicate layers of melodies floating through the air, and interweaving with absolutely heart-breaking vocals. Their debut EP The Diary of a Falling Man was lovingly self-recorded over two years in a run-down location in North Carlton, and it brings a certain purity to the music that just can't be bought with expensive equipment or pricey producers.
Let the Autumn Gray lads warm your winter hearts with their charming, melancholic pop tunes. Head over to The Evelyn tonight for their debut EP launch, or if you're a hermit download some free tunes from
their Last.fm profile.
DATES:
- July 24: The Evelyn [EP launch]
- August 27: The National Hotel, Geelong
- September 7: The Wesley Anne
- September 16: Yah Yah's
- September 18: The Birmingham
- September 24: The Cornish Arms
- October 16: Gertrude's Brown Couch
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