An Autumn Dream

Some say autumn is perhaps the most depressing season of the year. Dead leaves, cold rains, the feeling that everything that has a beginning also has an end... you get the main picture. Thus, to call an album Autumn, Again might seem self-explanatory, perhaps even a bit disappointing for those of you who are craving after complicated and sophisticated metaphors. However, it's A Sunny Day in Glasgow we're talking about here, so leave behind every preconception you might have.

The story of this band is rather a happy one, including two critical-acclaimed albums (in spite of the multiple line-up changes). So it's only natural for you to ask yourself with what they've come up this time. Well, if we were to talk in terms of sound change, there's nothing much to say. But A Sunny Day in Glasgow was never the kind of band that can be labeled or associated properly with other bands and music genres. Even from their first album, it seemed that their main goal was to reinvent the meaning of the word "dream". And the story continues successfully with this new release.

You get it from the first seconds of listening. It's still there, you can feel it: a sound as delicate as you knew it, simple without being boring. It makes you feel dizzy, happy, nostalgic, and takes you far away, into a world where everything is possible, including floating on the air. The songs merge into each other so well and naturally, that you'll probably reach the fifth song without actually realising what happened. The impression of a never-ending dream is accentuated by the vocals, which are as eerie and beautiful as you remember them.

There are indeed certain moments (less than you'd maybe want) when the dream becomes more colourful. Fall in Love, the second track, will amaze you with its rhythmic beats, bubbly electronic sounds and voices that seem to be taken directly from heaven. Drink Drank Drunk is the kind of song which makes you dance while sleepwalking, whilst How Does Somebody Say When They Like You? carries a feeling of insecurity and timidity that will strongly remind you of your teenage years. And Calling It Love Isn't Love (Don't Fall In Love) is a wonderful mix of acoustic and electronic guitars – exaggerating a little, we could call it the "rock" moment of the album.

Autumn, Again might not be A Sunny Day in Glasgow's finest moment (their debut album keeps holding successfully that position), but is a really fine release, nothing less than we expected from them. Don't miss it, it's for free. I really mean it.

You can download Autumn, Again from here


*Photo courtesy of A Sunny Day in Glasgow' official site.