Autumn War is a rock foursome from the Chicago area that is currently preparing for their first full-length CD release. Their current release is the CD single "Camera" featuring two other songs: "Goodbye, California" and "Dark Gods."
Interestingly enough, "Camera" is probably the least interesting song on the disc. Lyrically, it discusses the global tragedies that we see on the news each night, but deem so unimportant due to their distance. Musically, however, it sounds like most of the rock that is on radio these days.
"Goodbye, California" is more laid back and somewhat reminiscent of early Violet Burning, while "Dark Gods" speaks of the darkness in our lives and is also a bit more laid back and dreamy.
It will be interesting to see how their upcoming full-length sounds, but there is definitely some promise here.
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