Autumn Shade

With all the dis­man­tling of worker-benefits here at girl­pants, evil cigar-chomping mogul Ben came in and told me I had to write some­thing, then laughed until his belly shook. Have you ever seen a cor­pu­lent CEO try and fit into girl­pants? Strangely sub­lime. So, onwards. Autumn Shade, aside from being the best-worst fic­ti­tious Jade Tree emo band name EVER (debut album title: Falling For You), is the cri de coeur of Jes Lenee, lapsed piano prodigy and lovely goth-waif song­bird. While Niina would prob­ably be all over this album like black on nails, it’s a little pon­derous for my taste. The first (full) song kills, how­ever. With a brisk acoustic gait under wintry piano, ‘Shade’s ghost-child voice mourns and moans with impres­sive range. Basi­cally, this is what Chris Issac’s Wicked Games would sound like had it been written by someone with miles to go before they sleep. “Home, I don’t want to go home. But I’m not going back, even if it kills me.” I can relate. Autumn Shade — Home