Farewell to Autumn

Farewell to Autumn links its style and progression to the peppered moth. Visit their websites to read a little about the insect.

www.farewelltoautumn.com

www.myspace.com/farewelltoautumn

Jeff  – vocals

Jimi – guitar

Jeremiah – bass

A+  – keys

Pugh - drums

 
   
This band is one that is very hard to pinpoint. With members from all over central PA, you can't even pick one home for the band. Their sound is somewhere between industrial, goth and alternative rock, with a dark vein running through it all. The band lists their influences from Nine Inch Nails to early 80's new wave and still to Seattle grunge.

We recently caught up with the band at the Sterling Hotel in Allentown, one of their favorite places to play, and I can see why. As part of an all industrial line-up, Allentown crowds know how to appreciate good industrial rock. The band showcased a few songs from their EP, "The Telegraph," as well as some new songs, with a decidedly different sound. Singer Jeff explains, "The new songs are available through myspace and also farewelltoautumn.com. Our sound is changing, I think. Getting a little more aggressive than The Telegraph. If you take Telegraph as a 'goth, alt' record, then the songs we are working on currently are more on the industrial side. We are also currently working on, not so much a group of songs with a concept, but more so themed. The Telegraph was more of a look into a diary , and the newer songs are being written with a different theme, or purpose in mind."

Being a goth band in central Pennsylvania doesn't exactly sound easy. "We are definitely a minority," the band explains, which explains why the band plays with such passion and dedication. With all-industrial shows like those hosted by The Sterling Hotel, though, goth bands are finding more and more fans in the area these days. The guys in FTA generally have to travel out of their immediate area for goth/industrial shows, but they tell us they're hoping to bring more goth bands to the local scene. "We're hoping to identify more with music fans locally to bring in some goth bands and do some more goth shows here."

There was one question we just had to ask, after hearing a certain rumor: We’ve heard that you’ve been labeled as a violent band. What are your thoughts on that? The answer: Honestly that surprises us to hear. If people say our shows or band is violent or extreme than that's what they get out of our performance and music and I'm definitely ok with that. We try to convey real feeling and real emotion through our shows and in our music. So I'm definitely ok with whatever people get out of what we are doing. Whether its violent, dark, emotional, heavy whatever; If one person can take something away from us and keep it with them, if only for a second, then we are definitely achieving what we are trying to do.