Lawrence English A Colour For Autumn (15th Anniversary Edition)

One of English’s early catalog highlights, ‘A Colour For Autumn’ is a deeply peaceful record that just hints at
the more darkened bluster of his later material. On opening track ‘Droplet’, he records cool winds in Marseille,
letting them inform the direction and density of his synths, accompanied by Dean Roberts’ memorably
ethereal harmonies. It’s a track that stands out in English’s catalogue for it’s vocal presence, and the timing
is poignant - prompting us to revisit Roberts’ under-appreciated Thela trio alongside Rosy Parlane and Dion
Workman - we highly recommend you do the same.
On ‘Watching it Unfold’ English records his local landscape, capturing Brisbane’s gentle shifts with glassy
drones and spacious guitar notes, while ‘The Surface Of Everything’ finds Fennesz feeding Tremelo-ed guitar
shimmers into his electronic vortex for a 5 minute interval that keeps his usual glitch at bay in favour of pure
textural reverie. English intended the album as a series of “small auditory portraits” designed to document
the bleeding of the seasons into one with the increasing effects of climate change, with all the profound
existential dread that came with it. Fifteen years later, with its concerns ever more poignant and acute, it
perhaps rather perversely sounds more calming and captivating than ever, offering a moment of stillness
inside its serene tapestries.