Autumn's Grey Solace

小簡介
2004年Autumn's Grey Solace這隊美國Dream-Pop二人組合加盟Projekt廠牌發(fā)表了他倆的第二張專輯Over The Ocean，大概近年沒有太多這類風格出塵脫俗、不吃人間煙火的音樂，故即使Autumn's Grey Solace的聲音談不上有多大新意，感覺上他們又是另一支「后Cocteau Twins」樂隊，但倒有叫人聽得有點稱心之感。同時，也再度反映到Projekt向八十年代4AD廠牌追崇之意圖。 Autumn's Grey Solace的二人陣營很簡單，女生Erin Welton負責主唱與填詞，而Scott Ferrell是吉他手兼音樂主腦；前者靚聲飄逸，后者夢幻奏樂，合作起來總能恰到好處，宛如云頂觀世的一對。如果說七年前他們自資出版的處女作Within The Depths Of A Darkened Forest是記載了其摸索階級，而2004年的Over The Ocean看到了二人找到該走的音樂路線，那么Autumn's Grey Solace的第三張專輯Riverine，則標志著他倆的聲音已趨向成熟渾圓。無疑，這次Autumn's Grey Solace的歌曲來得更見動聽。Human Shell是一首百分百雋永怡人的漂亮Dream-Pop作品，好比如沐春風般美好──今趟Autumn's Grey Solace已不獨屬于灰色的秋日了，而Riverine正是一張為春天而設的唱片。更觸動心靈，還有Erin在Sorrow Ashes里孤高得令人心碎的演繹；而Falling Sky的飛翔式結他，可讓聽者的情懷也不禁豁出去。今天的Autumn's Grey Solace仍不脫Cocteau Twins的影子，聽A Tangle Of Scars和Cold And Empty Constellations，那簡直時光倒流至Cocteau的黃金時代。論驚艷之作，是The Unshakable Demon的中古氣與Gothic底蘊；而聽著清爽快板的Eclipse和Cloudburst，卻又別有一番情味，奏出好比涼風送爽的Dream-Pop妙韻，甚至Inward Bound更好讓我聯想到All About Eve來。在Autumn's Grey Solace的音樂里，Erin的歌聲與Scott的結他總是互相輝映──在Riverine內便嚴正聲明「No keyboards or synthesizers were used in the making of this recording」，以告訴大家他們的樂曲全由Scott的結他編織而成。
Autumn's Grey Solace is an ethereal wave and shoegaze band from Florida. It consists of vocalist Erin Welton and multi-instrumentalist Scott Ferrell. They have released a total of five albums since 2002.
The band began recording their first album, Within The Depths Of A Darkened Forest, in 2000, and was released in 2002. Afterwards they continued to record and write new songs, and were signed to Projekt Records in 2004. Later that year they released their second album, Over the Ocean on Projekt Records. In 2005 they released their third album, Riverine and in 2006 released their fourth, Shades of Grey. On May 6, 2008, their fifth album, Ablaze was released. This album received very positive reviews and is advertised on the front page of Projekt Records' website.
Autumn's Grey Solace contributed to Projekt Records' "Projekt Holiday Single #1" in 2004 with the song "Through The Snowy Trees". They also covered the song "Musica Eternal" by Dead Can Dance for the tribute album Summoning Of The Muse - A Tribute To Dead Can Dance in 2005.