The Autumn Defense - Circles
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Artist: The Autumn DefenseEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Music Label: Arena Rock
Soundtracks:
- Silence
- The Sun in California
- Written in the Snow
- The Answer
- The World (Will Soon Turn Our Way)
- Why I'm Like This
- Tuesday Morning
- Some Kind of Fool
- Iowa City Adieu
- Circles
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Free Music Review: Sometimes you just stumble onto brilliance by chance
Hit: 5 Stars
As i stated in my headin, "sometimes you just stumble onto brilliance by chance. I was browsing thru my favourite shop in the world, (Real Groovy, Auckland New Zealand)when I noticed an album by Hem. I bought it quickly and it wasn't until later in the car, I noticed it was an EP with half the tracks by Autumn Defense (Who??)Anyway that album is brilliant and I purchased the next Autumn Defense album I came across as a result.
Now we all know that Jeff Tweedy dominates Wilco completely, but if he ever decides to listen to his bandmate, John Stirratt's album, Circles, maybe he will give John some air time too. Autumn Defense starring John Stirratt is a criminally underrated album bordering on an album gone incognito. The music is timeless in the Singer/Songwriter vein with elements of the 70's, but firmly fixed in the 00's with an almost psychedelic Englishness. Its gentle, beautiful, welcoming aura is unique. I swear, listen to this and you will smile beautifically for hours afterward. Its not quite a religious experience, (I've never had one)but it must be a bit like this, I guess similar to your first orgasm or listening to your first Bellwether album.
The obvious next step for all Wilco fans
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While most of today's retro-inspired bands seem to go channel their garage rock instincts, the Autumn Defense take a different, understated approach. Led by Wilco bassist John Stirratt and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone, the group creates a soft-hued album of reflective ballads, softly strummed acoustic guitars, and gorgeous harmonies. This is retro as heard through classic Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, and Bread records, but it offers some surprisingly refreshing rewards. "Written in the Snow" is a slow-motion, ballad take on Wilco's Being There output; "Iowa City Adieu" sounds like a meeting of the minds between the Pernice Brothers and the Smiths; and "Circles," the album's closer, seems to bring all these disparate folk-pop elements together. All told, it's both bittersweet and beautiful. --Jason VerlindeAlternative Rock Music CDs
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