Album release party for Autumn by the Golden Awesome: Epic shoegaze bliss forever! King's Arms Tavern, Friday May 11th with: the Golden Awesome, Ghost Wave, Autumn Splendour $10 The Golden Awesome present their debut album Autumn, released on US-based label M'Lady's Records. Here's what the press has been saying so far: “As soon as the first barrage of huge distorted chords began to rumble out of my speakers, I knew I’d made a wise choice. They make big, dreamy and all-enveloping guitar music, […] craft songs rich with melody, drama and personality, with the usual Jesus & Mary Chain/My Bloody Valentine references employed as a launching pad rather than a blueprint.” (Grant Smithies, Sunday Star Times, 4 stars) “You can call it shoegaze if that helps, you can call it Flying Nun with an extra layer of noise too. The layers of overdriven guitars add to the dreamlike state and the swooning female vocals give the songs an aching beauty and a gracefully mysterious undertone that, when combined with the welcome sense of urgency and drama the band plays with throughout, give the impression that the songs actually mean something to them. There is a level of emotion and power to Autumn that most shoegaze bands (past and present) totally bypass […].” (Tim Sendra, All Music Guide, 4 stars) “[…] their haunted melodic sensibility is encased within huge cathedral-like structures of smoke and ruins. Autumn lives up to, and actually surpasses my expectations, positioning it as the best local record I’ve heard all year.” (Martyn Peperell, Fishhead Magazine, 5 stars) “Layers of syrupy guitar distortion, harmony female vocals, middling chug-a-lug tempos and fuzz enough to drown in. And you know what' It all works just fine.” “Vocalist Stef Animal delivers the goods in a languid, whispery moan that floats above the prevailing noise clutter like oil atop choppy waves.” (David Maine, Popmatters) “I'm cossetted and comforted in a hazy blanket of noise. Ragged guitars weave a psychedelic tapestry, mediated by distant, close-harmony vocals. The yin-yang between the singing and the music permeates Autumn. Floating above the fray, the dreamy sweetness of the vocals complements the sonic flail with a soothing contrast.” (Jester Jay Blog) “A good record for a scene in a movie where a bunch of really intelligent people have been invited to a dinner party but the hostess spiked the soup with DMT and now everyone's wiggling around on a beautiful carpet, staring at the ceiling with glassy eyes.” (Ari Spool, Impose Magazine)
