From the first few seconds of the first track, Wave Collapse, you know that good times are ahead on Subplots' second album. It has been almost six years since the duo of Phil Boughton and Daryl Chaney (who also designed the artful album cover)released their debut album, Nightcycles. Such a gap is, perhaps, indicative of musicians who don't rush into things without some careful planning, and there are similar methodologies running through Autumning, which brims over with a musical aesthetic that traverses the work of acts such as The National and Radiohead (in experimental mode). This said, the likes of Future Tense, Colourbars, End of Print and Follower unfold with a singular grasp of subtle dynamics and unfussy melodies, part boldly commercial, part offbeat art-pop, and each of the highest order. subplotstheband.com