Mostly Autumn
Mostly Autumn are a rock band from York, UK. Their music contains elements … Read Full Bio ↴Mostly Autumn are a rock band from York, UK. Their music contains elements of progressive rock, hard rock, folk-rock and celtic rock, and has included flute, violin, whistles and Uilleann pipes alongside traditional rock instruments. Their music has changed and evolved over the years although much of their work retains a strong 70s classic rock feel.
The band was formed in 1997 by guitarist and vocalist Bryan Josh and has undergone a great many lineup changes over the band's history, too many to list in full. The earliest lineup of the band featured Heidi Widdop on lead vocals, but by the time they recorded their debut album For All We Shared in 1998 for Cyclops Records she had been replaced by Heather Findlay. The album features an eight-piece band including Iain Jennings on keyboards, Liam Davidson on rhythm and slide guitars, and Bob Faulds on violin. Angela Gordon appears as a guest musician, although she was subsequently to to join the band as a full-time member. Two further albums followed on Cyclops, The Spirit of Autumn Past (1999) and The Last Bright Light (2001). By the time of latter Bob Faulds had left the band, but they had been joined by current bassist Andy Smith. These early albums had a strong folk-rock and celtic rock flavour, with instrumental jigs sitting alongside atmospheric epics influenced strongly by the likes of Pink Floyd. The third album in particular remains a favourite with many fans, and recent live sets still drawn heavily from it.
The band then signed to Classic Rock Legends. The first release for this label, the largely instrumental Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings (2001) was not generally considered to their proper fourth album, that honour falling to Passengers (2003). This album marked a change in direction, to a polished melodic rock sound with the celtic and folk-rock elements much reduced, a direction continued with the follow-up Storms Over Still Water. They also released a number of live albums during this period, as well as the retrospective album Catch the Spirit, made up of re-recorded songs largely from from the three Cyclops albums.
2006 saw the band leave Classic Rock Legends to self-release albums funded by fan pre-orders, a business model pioneered by Marillion, and also saw the departure of founder member and significant songwriter Iain Jennings to focus on Breathing Space, to be replaced by multi-instumentalist Chris Johnson. Their first self-released album Heart Full of Sky was an eclectic mix of musical styles, and received a mixed reception from some fans. Conflicting commitments with other bands and a desire to work on a solo project (which ultimately became Parade) saw Chris Johnson leave at the end of 2007. 2008's Glass Shadows saw the band reduced to a core creative duo of Bryan and Heather, and the following tour saw another major shakeup of the lineup, seeing the departure of Angela Gordon, replaced on flute and keyboards by Anne-Marie Helder, and the return of Iain Jennings and Liam Davidson (who's left a year earlier). although neither Iain or Liam had played on the album.
2009 saw the band's first live release since leaving CRP, with the two disks Live 2009 - Part I and Live 2009 - Part II, and also saw the remastered 3-disk retrospective Pass the Clock.
At the beginning of 2010 Heather Findlay announced her departure from the band to pursue a solo career. Her final live performance with the band on 2nd April 2010 was filmed for a DVD release, released as "That Night In Leamington".
Heather's replacement is Olivia Sparnenn, who had sung backing vocals with the band since 2005 as well as fronting Breathing Space, and the band made their first live appearance with Olivia singing lead in April 2010. Their ninth studio album titled "Go Well Diamond Heart" featuring Olivia on lead vocals, again funded by fan pre-order, was released in November 2010.
In 2011 the band released another live album, Still Beautiful recorded on the spring tour. The band's tenth studio album The Ghost Moon Orchestra, is due for release in summer 2012.
Current lineup:
Bryan Josh - Lead/Backing Vocals; Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic/12 String Guitars; Keyboards; Piano
Olivia Sparnenn β Lead and backing vocals, percussion, guitar
Angela Gordon (Goldthorpe) - Flute; Keyboards; Piano; High/Low Whistles; Recorders; Backing Vocals
Iain Jennings - Keyboards; Piano; Backing Vocals
Andy Smith - Bass Guitars
Gavin Griffiths - Drums
Past Members:
Heather Findlay - Lead/Backing Vocals; Acoustic/12 String Guitars; Piano; Recorders; Percussion (left April 2010)
Liam Davison - Rhythm/Acoustic/12 String Guitars; Slide Guitars; Backing Vocals
Anne-Marie Helder - Flute; Keyboards; Piano; Acoutic Guitars; Backing Vocals
Chris Johnson - Lead/Backing Vocals; Keyboards; Piano; Rhythm/Acoustic Guitars
Stuart Carver - Bass Guitars
Bob Faulds - Violins
Kev Gibbons - High/Low Whistles
Allan Scott - Drums
Rob McNeil - Drums
Jonathon Blackmore - Drums
Andrew Jennings - Drums
Henry Bourne - Drums
Heidi Widdop - Lead Vocals
Guests:
Ben Matthews (of Thunder) - Lead and rhythm guitar
Troy Donockley - Low whistles, Penny Whistles, Uilleann pipes, Bazouki
Rachel Jones - Vocal, backing vocals
Chris Leslie - Violin
Marcus Bousefield - Violin
Marissa Claughan - Cello
Peter Knight - Violin
David Moore - Hammond Organ
The band was formed in 1997 by guitarist and vocalist Bryan Josh and has undergone a great many lineup changes over the band's history, too many to list in full. The earliest lineup of the band featured Heidi Widdop on lead vocals, but by the time they recorded their debut album For All We Shared in 1998 for Cyclops Records she had been replaced by Heather Findlay. The album features an eight-piece band including Iain Jennings on keyboards, Liam Davidson on rhythm and slide guitars, and Bob Faulds on violin. Angela Gordon appears as a guest musician, although she was subsequently to to join the band as a full-time member. Two further albums followed on Cyclops, The Spirit of Autumn Past (1999) and The Last Bright Light (2001). By the time of latter Bob Faulds had left the band, but they had been joined by current bassist Andy Smith. These early albums had a strong folk-rock and celtic rock flavour, with instrumental jigs sitting alongside atmospheric epics influenced strongly by the likes of Pink Floyd. The third album in particular remains a favourite with many fans, and recent live sets still drawn heavily from it.
The band then signed to Classic Rock Legends. The first release for this label, the largely instrumental Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings (2001) was not generally considered to their proper fourth album, that honour falling to Passengers (2003). This album marked a change in direction, to a polished melodic rock sound with the celtic and folk-rock elements much reduced, a direction continued with the follow-up Storms Over Still Water. They also released a number of live albums during this period, as well as the retrospective album Catch the Spirit, made up of re-recorded songs largely from from the three Cyclops albums.
2006 saw the band leave Classic Rock Legends to self-release albums funded by fan pre-orders, a business model pioneered by Marillion, and also saw the departure of founder member and significant songwriter Iain Jennings to focus on Breathing Space, to be replaced by multi-instumentalist Chris Johnson. Their first self-released album Heart Full of Sky was an eclectic mix of musical styles, and received a mixed reception from some fans. Conflicting commitments with other bands and a desire to work on a solo project (which ultimately became Parade) saw Chris Johnson leave at the end of 2007. 2008's Glass Shadows saw the band reduced to a core creative duo of Bryan and Heather, and the following tour saw another major shakeup of the lineup, seeing the departure of Angela Gordon, replaced on flute and keyboards by Anne-Marie Helder, and the return of Iain Jennings and Liam Davidson (who's left a year earlier). although neither Iain or Liam had played on the album.
2009 saw the band's first live release since leaving CRP, with the two disks Live 2009 - Part I and Live 2009 - Part II, and also saw the remastered 3-disk retrospective Pass the Clock.
At the beginning of 2010 Heather Findlay announced her departure from the band to pursue a solo career. Her final live performance with the band on 2nd April 2010 was filmed for a DVD release, released as "That Night In Leamington".
Heather's replacement is Olivia Sparnenn, who had sung backing vocals with the band since 2005 as well as fronting Breathing Space, and the band made their first live appearance with Olivia singing lead in April 2010. Their ninth studio album titled "Go Well Diamond Heart" featuring Olivia on lead vocals, again funded by fan pre-order, was released in November 2010.
In 2011 the band released another live album, Still Beautiful recorded on the spring tour. The band's tenth studio album The Ghost Moon Orchestra, is due for release in summer 2012.
Current lineup:
Bryan Josh - Lead/Backing Vocals; Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic/12 String Guitars; Keyboards; Piano
Olivia Sparnenn β Lead and backing vocals, percussion, guitar
Angela Gordon (Goldthorpe) - Flute; Keyboards; Piano; High/Low Whistles; Recorders; Backing Vocals
Iain Jennings - Keyboards; Piano; Backing Vocals
Andy Smith - Bass Guitars
Gavin Griffiths - Drums
Past Members:
Heather Findlay - Lead/Backing Vocals; Acoustic/12 String Guitars; Piano; Recorders; Percussion (left April 2010)
Liam Davison - Rhythm/Acoustic/12 String Guitars; Slide Guitars; Backing Vocals
Anne-Marie Helder - Flute; Keyboards; Piano; Acoutic Guitars; Backing Vocals
Chris Johnson - Lead/Backing Vocals; Keyboards; Piano; Rhythm/Acoustic Guitars
Stuart Carver - Bass Guitars
Bob Faulds - Violins
Kev Gibbons - High/Low Whistles
Allan Scott - Drums
Rob McNeil - Drums
Jonathon Blackmore - Drums
Andrew Jennings - Drums
Henry Bourne - Drums
Heidi Widdop - Lead Vocals
Guests:
Ben Matthews (of Thunder) - Lead and rhythm guitar
Troy Donockley - Low whistles, Penny Whistles, Uilleann pipes, Bazouki
Rachel Jones - Vocal, backing vocals
Chris Leslie - Violin
Marcus Bousefield - Violin
Marissa Claughan - Cello
Peter Knight - Violin
David Moore - Hammond Organ
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Mostly Autumn Lyrics
A Different Sky I'm looking for the sun at the back of your…
Above the Blue That crystal throws Glass shadows home When the day is lon…
Another Brick in the Wall Daddy's flown across the ocean Leaving just a memory A snaps…
Another Life There's nothing pioneering About the way you feel inside Th…
Answer the Question Thoughts blow around in your head, Like a wind that pretends…
Back in These Arms I can feel the rain come down I can feel a…
Bitterness Burnt Came in as no-one Leaving as someone powerless You were the …
Blue Light One of these nights This wonderful life Seems quiet and th…
Boundless Ocean You know we have to try In our own way You know…
Broken Here comes the day, here comes the morning Just another…
Broken Glass Until the end Foreign footsteps crashing down On everythin…
Burn No one knows which way the story goes, love can…
Caradhras the Cruel Where is your sun as you stand on the …
Carpe Diem Into the garden And through the trees There lies a whisper T…
Caught in a Fold Nobody knows About the way that I've been feeling I'm caug…
Comfortably Numb Hello? Hello? Hello? Is there anybody in there? Just nod…
Dreaming Oh Lord, we were dreaming And the sign at the side…
Dressed in Voices Fingers whisper on my shoulder blades I guess it's time for…
Echoes Overhead the albatross Hangs motionless upon the air And dee…
Evergreen She knows what it means to be evergreen She's seen more…
Fading Colours As we fade away Every single day Is dying away in the…
Fading Colours (Remastered) As we fade away Every single day Is dying away in the…
Fat Old Sun When the fat old sun in the sky is falling…
Find the Sun I'm going away To find the Sun I'm going today…
Fireside Oh you sleep, you wake, you move You shake off the…
First Thought So young And everything is big Staring out at the sky Som…
Flowers for Guns It's not my style to crash and burn But when you're…
Forever And Beyond Forever and Beyond Oh if I was always younger I would…
Free to Fly It ends..we sleep It ends with sleep inside a smile The sun…
Further From Home So he died alone The and the heartbreak Dying away in the…
Gap Is Too Wide Are you immune to this? You make the picture fit It cannot…
Ghost I can be ice I can move up your spine In your…
Glass Shadows Half the night I drove alone Catching silhouettes in headli…
Gone Gone are the words Gone are the songs Gone are the days Gone…
Goodbye Alone As the half light of the evening embers on the…
Graveyard Star Empty streets quiet night Who would notice one less light Go…
Greenwood the Great Under eastern silver skies Where the bright moon wore the he…
Half a World Got a heart full of sky And a pocket full of…
Half the Mountain Half the mountain shines Half the water shines But all o…
Heart Life Sitting while the sunset blazes into night Reeling, my feel…
Heroes Never Die The ways, the ins and outs of haven still elude…
Hey You Hey you! Out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old,…
Hollow I remember who you are If you take me back I'll…
Home So he died alone The [?] and the heartbreak Dying away in…
Ice To watch the swallows chase the flies And drink the warmth…
Into The Stars Tall trees, they surround me Big skies. Hypnotise me But I'm…
Journey's Thought The scattered days seen further in the comfort of…
Julia Dream Sunlight bright upon my pillow Lighter than an eiderdown Wil…
Last Climb Heavenly times, the world at your fingertips Light purple d…
Lothlorien Golden hue, no cloud but for smoky whisper in…
Mother Nature Time to look and see In colurs of time, we know…
Never the Rainbow Cross the ocean deep Wake now from your sleep Kiss the past…
Night Sky Weightlessly you leave the ground Hanging gently in the bree…
Nowhere to Hide I don't want to close my eyes. I don't want them…
Out of the Green Sky Out of the green sky Yellow flowers Scatter on the ashes …
Paper Angels No-one know which way the wind will blow Keeping you from…
Pass the Clock You pass the clock with golden hands, The sun bright in…
Passengers In the thick of it all, I stand A torch to…
Pieces of Love [Repeat: x3] Pieces of love Haunting like love Let the love …
Pigs on the Wing Part I If you didn't care what happened to me And I didn't…
Please Please let me look at you Just for a while There's a…
Pocket Watch We got crazy diamond And a heart with a very tall…
Porcupine Rain Point me at the sky, let this love die. Call my…
Prints in the Stone In the morning, the pure of light Fell on our eyes Through…
Pure White Light Earth light, quiet night, City breathes I see my body be…
Pure White Light (Remastered) Earth light, quiet night, City breathes I see my body below…
Return of the King Hey, men of war Raise your silver shields And catch the star…
Run For The Sun On the road again Solid dreams Round and square, up in the…
Run Like Hell Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run Run, run, run,…
Saturday Night Walking on a Saturday night, just walking on a Saturday…
Shadows Shadows cut the grain of the thunder and the rain Voices…
Sheep Hopelessly passing your time in the grassland away Only diml…
Shrinking Violet Safe until the darkness falls To loneliness a demon calls Cr…
Sight Of Day I donβ²t remember a choice to live, I'm alive So impossible…
Silver Glass Calm down It's alright For an hour or two I…
Simple Ways The simple way She touches the earth The simple sound Of …
Skin of Mankind Here is the skin of all of mankind And here are…
Something in Between There are numbers that fall, They have meaning I don't, Unde…
Something Inbetween There are numbers that fall, They have meaning I don't, Un…
Spirit of Mankind Still pulling wingless angels across the coals, this is war,…
Steal Away If I were to steal you, and capture your mind And…
Storms Over Still Water Take my hand And put your arms around me Hold that heart…
Tearing at the Faerytale In your father's hands, He holds the low sun In the…
The Dark Before the Dawn Darkness before the dawn See me turning Tossing and turnin…
The Devil and the Orchestra Devil came up from way below, Come and pick a fight…
The Diamond Is the air clear and mineral In the crystal mountain…
The Eyes of the Forest I have seen you cutting down trees Trees that were planted …
The Gap is Too Wide Are you immune to this? You make the picture fit It cannot…
The Harder That You Hurt The stronger you are, the weaker you feel The deeper that…
The House on the Hill The summers are so real Going back to those day's The o…
The Last Bright Light I'm grieving for the dreams that you could have had Mist…
The Last Climb Heavenly times, the world at your fingertips Light purple da…
The Night Sky Weightlessly you leave the ground Hanging gently in the bree…
The Plague Bell I hedge my bets on a stormy sea It's a long…
The Return of the King Hey, men of war Raise your silver shields And catch the star…
The Second Hand I caught the morning star Hanging in a crystal glass Cold …
The Spirit of Autumn Past At the ticking of the sun On the green bellied mountain I'm…
The Undertow We built a castle in the sand And drew our names…
This Endless War A smile can hide the truth, deep inside they're weaker…
This Great Blue Pearl There's something in the gold tonight As soaking clouds of …
Through the Window Through the window of memories you can short Though the goo…
Tomorrow He took his final ride, deep inside, a broken heart The…
Turn Around Slowly Is there any wonder the land was confused rolling the…
Underneath the Ice To watch the swallows chase the flies And drink the warmth…
Unoriginal Sin Moon is rising for you Colours are flying for you Turn you…
Unquiet Tears Every tear that ever was, every heartbreak and every scar We…
Until the Story Ends Both of you standing The ocean a mirror A bright star is…
Up I'm all out of heartbreak, I'm all out of reasons I…
Viking Funeral A flaming arrow last time across the sky She kisses the…
Walk With a Storm I waited all my life To ride the Western sky…
We Come and We Go We come and we go In the time it takes to…
Western Skies Back in those days Lazy Sunday days Dream of a time In black…
White Rainbow We passed the time, we past the time, the time…
Winter Mountain Welcome, Winter Mountain Standing in the silent purple sky. …
Yellow Time Time, for another man's line Leading back to the edge of…
Young We were young, remember then Breaking out, in a world And we…