Autumn's Grey Solace "Therium" (2022)

Another year, another album but alas, my wishes have not come true. Therium continues firmly rooted in an unchanging Ethereal form. Anticipating a familiar lack of novelty and surprise, I approached this newest installment of eight soothing tracks with nothing but warmth for enjoying Autumn's Grey Solace's charm once again.

Shimmering crimson acoustics gleam tranquil melodies once again. Erin offers her sweet wordless drifting as a human compliment to the serinity. Washes of ambiguous guitar effects sparsely chime in. The base guitar occasionally busies upfront with plodding rattles. The percussion keeping pace with simple patterns lacking theatrics.

 Its various shades and timbres seem like a deck of cards shuffled from the back catalog. So to do vocals and melodies conjure deja vu like symptoms. I wouldn't be surprise if previous riffs and notation were simply lifted and interchanged. I'm not suggesting its so but the experience of a new AGS record has become pretty much that. Always welcome but it seems they do not want to explore any new directions.

Rating: 5/10