my autumn empire: dreams of death & other favourites

Self taught multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Thomas Holton will release his fourth album under the moniker My Autumn Empire entitled ‘Dreams of Death and Other Favourites’ via Wayside & Woodland Recordings. This release marks a departure from the rich multi-layered classic pop sound of ‘The Visitation’ (2014), which garnered favourable reviews and BBC radio play, and instead presents lo-fi song fragments which inhabit the, at times strange, space between folk-pop and alternative indie. Holton wrote the album on acoustic guitar, often recording directly onto 4-track, utilising dusty analogue circuitry to filter and process certain elements. By interspersing lyric with instrumental passages akin to his work as epic45, Holton arrived at an impressionistic version of the My Autumn Empire sound. The title ‘Dreams of Death and Other Favourites’ reflects the nature of the album and seeks to illustrate and explore the themes of memory and nightmare.