The Moral Crossing – Indies Only Autobahn SKU: TLV105LPX Barcode: 5055869504942 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Metal / Classic Rock Label: Tough Love Released Date: 3rd November 2017 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info LPX red vinyl is for Indie stores only. “Melancholy and darkness, and dissonant, uncomfortable music, resonates with us, for whatever reason,” says singer and spokesman Craig Johnson. “The new record is more melancholy than dissonant. I feel we’re just opening up a bit more on this record.” A sliver of strings, a squeal of feedback, pulsing drums, sheets of steely guitar and sonorous bass, and a rough, declamatory voice – from these primary components, Leeds quintet AUTOBAHN unfurl their second album, The Moral Crossing, which adds more finesse, dynamic and colour to the commitment and energy shown on their debut. While Dissemble was made by imagining what the late, great producer Martin Hannett would do, The Moral Crossing is the sound of what AUTOBAHN would do. To capture the new sonic details of the band, lead singer and principal songwriter Craig Johnson, guitarists Michael Pedel and Gavin Cobb, bassist Daniel Sleight and drummer Liam Hilton decided to give up their practice room that doubled as a hardcore/punk venue (which influenced their original sound, as did a love of The Birthday Party) and build their own studio space. The album was mixed in New York by Ben Greenberg (Sacred Bones label). On top, Johnson taught himself how to make a record after the studio was built. We’ve had the chance to create the sound we want, at times it’s more melancholic, and romantic.” Part of the shift comes from Johnson’s newly honed melodies such as ‘Vessel’ and ‘Torment’, part from a greater use of electronics, such as the synthesiser underpinning a haunting ‘Future’, evoking neon-lit rainy-nocturnal rides through a cityscape, likewise the album’s title track, which is one song to benefit from the judicious addition of violin and cello. “!’d been listening to classical music, and I’d seen the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra doing Beethoven’s Ninth, which was mint, but I felt out of place, that people were looking down at me,” Johnson recalls. Johnson’s lyrics on The Moral Crossing combine to form a whole: the theme of a birth, “but that person had no choice in the decision. And then it’s about the different outcomes that could happen. Which could be glorious or torturous.” The words and songtitles suggest more torture than glory – for example, “A selfless crucifixion / You’ve nailed in the hard sell” in the manic ‘Obituary’: “Pain out of control” in ‘Torment’: “With your withered hand / Drag me deeper into the fallen ground” in the escalating drama of ‘Fallen’ – a word, alongside “fall”, that crops up in several songs. And though Johnson admits to sudden negative episodes (documented by ‘Low/High’, another slowburner that eventually bursts into flames), “they don’t last long. Actually, as a band, we’re more optimists. I don’t find talking about this stuff as ‘dark’, but it’s stuff people don’t usually want to talk about – execution, rising from the dead, depression, feeling utterly lost and unsure where to go. On ‘Low/High’, Johnson sings, “You’re floating higher now / No more discontent” and in the part-spoken word litany that is ‘Creation’, “I want to be there for you / I want to rise on through.” To reinforce the optimistic feeling, gospel singers from the local church sing on both tracks. Artist Autobahn Genre Metal / Classic Rock Label Tough Love Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1 Prologue 2 Obituary 3 Future 4 The Moral Crossing 5 Torment 6 Low/High 7 Execution/Rise 8 Creation 9 Fallen 10 Vessel Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Autobahn and more from Metal / Classic Rock View Product Quick View Autobahn Ecstasy of Ruin Rock And Pop | Tough Love | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th April 2023 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Autobahn Ecstasy of Ruin £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Tough Love SKU: TLV162LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Autobahn The Moral Crossing Metal / Classic Rock | Tough Love | 1LP Released 3rd November 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Autobahn The Moral Crossing £17.00 Genre: Metal / Classic Rock Label: Tough Love SKU: TLV105LP Formats: 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