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Autumn 1904 live
Video on FB page - link at foot of this page.
We're working with Ian Donaldson (H20) on a collaborative album of new material. Some previous unfinished 1904 tracks from the 80's and some completely new songs written jointly in the last year. Looking forward to sharing them with you soon.
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Origins
Formed in Edinburgh in 1982, Autumn 1904 play an upbeat indie-dance hybrid. In 1984 are invited to play the John Peel roadshow where they are offered a Radio 1 session for the Peel show. Peel plays the session three times, record and publishing companies court the band but they split shortly afterwards.
Update
Much later, the band meet during lockdown and decide to release a retrospective of original material. Some recorded then, some recorded now. Approaching local record label Last Night from Glasgow for advice the company offer to release the album. While in the studio working on fresh takes of the original tracks the band hear that LNfG and the BBC have found their Peel Session. The album is a collated set of recordings including the Radio 1 session tracks released in March 2024 peaking at No 9 in the Scottish charts and No 16 in the UK indie breakers chart.
Moving forward from this initial success, the band are working with H20 vocalist Ian Donaldson on existing and new material.
Read more (Penny Black Music article) - https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=28514
Creative team
We're recording with Liam McCluskey, Stuart MacLeod (Beetroot Studios) and Jamie McAtee (UWS studios). New album on LNfG to follow in 2027.
The first album (Mar 2024)
Released on the 40th anniversary of the recording of the Peel session, Tales of Innocence features original studio masters from the 80's and more recent recordings of the material written at the time but never previously taped. Vinyl, CD and digital formats are available.
#9 SCOTTISH CHART
#16 UK INDIE BREAKERS CHART
Order at LNfG
https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com/products/autumn-1904-peel-sessions-and-beyond?_pos=1&_sid=b873d3dc4&_ss=r
Live events
Autumn 1904 played live shows at SWG3 and Edinburgh Art School venue The Wee Red Bar to celebrate the release of the first album. Support at WRB from The Normans (featuring Norman Rodger, ex-TV21).
Further live events to support the new album launch are planned for 2027. More news soon.
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