AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN have released their new album, As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes, via Prosthetic Records. As The Morning Dawns We Close Your Eyes is the ninth full length from the long running black metal-meets-shoegaze band. Recorded in Summer 2020, the album defies the environment in which it was created to deliver wintry black metal speckled with soaring shoegaze melodies. 

Listen to As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes via Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. Order As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes here.

WATCH THE FULL ALBUM VISUALIZER FOR AS THE MORNING DAWNS WE CLOSE OUR EYES, BELOW.

Speaking on the album release, the band comments: “As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes had a slow start, where we thought: ‘What can we do what has not already been said and done with AAFCC?’ We soon realised that you don’t need to reinvent the wheel every time, and it’s okay to just try to create the best music you can. Once we removed that obstacle, the music flowed like it did before. The production process was spread out over time, as we tried to create the best mix within our possibilities.

“There’s an air of bittersweetness to the album. Something we like to call a ‘triumphant rage’. A rousing sensation, a mix of anger, dispair but also hope. With lyrical themes that revolve around deep and profound emotions and experiences. Emotional breakthroughs and emotional breakdowns. We are very excited to be releasing this album, which we consider some of our best work.”

Recorded, mixed and mastered within the confines of the band, AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN remains a project shrouded in mystery and the band is yet to perform live. Their reclusive nature doesn’t detract from the alluring nature of their output – if anything the anonymity adds to the mystery and intrigue. Inspired by the originators of black metal and the gothic doom of the 1990s, AAFCC have created something that pays homage to its roots but remains forward thinking. For fans of Deafheaven and Alcest, there’s plenty to uncover with As The Morning Dawns…

Traversing familiar topics such as love, life, death and eternal existential quandaries, AAFCC combine bleakness and hope, love and death – creating an unforgettable, majestic collection of songs. Recorded over a longer period of time than usual, each track got individual attention and was crafted as a stand alone element of the greater whole. They might not give away much about themselves, but they leave their mark on every one of these eight tracks.

Watch the previously released videos for As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes:
Carefully Breathing
Melancholia
Splendour Unnoticed

As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes track list:
1. Carefully Breathing
2. Of Your Light
3. In Winter
4. Splendour Unnoticed
5. As The Morning Dawns, We Close Our Eyes
6. Hearts Closed
7. Melancholia
8. Last Night I Believed In You

AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN have today released Melancholia, the second single to be taken from from their upcoming ninth studio album, As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes – due for release via Prosthetic Records on May 21. The Netherlands based black metal-meets-shoegaze outfit premiered the track yesterday via Roadburn Redux, with an accompanying visual which you can watch here.

Listen to Melancholia on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

Pre-order As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes here.

Speaking on Melancholia, the band comments: “Melancholia: A persevering feeling running through all of our lives on a daily basis, and we are sure in other peoples lives too. Combined with a longing for times gone by and people we miss, it can all be overwhelming sometimes. But still most of us soldier on. In a way the song is about this, but also that it’s a crucial part of being human and being alive.”

Recorded, mixed and mastered within the confines of the band, AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN remains a project shrouded in mystery and the band is yet to perform live. Their reclusive nature doesn’t detract from the alluring nature of their output – if anything the anonymity adds to the mystery and intrigue. Inspired by the originators of black metal and the gothic doom of the 1990s, AAFCC have created something that pays homage to its roots but remains forward thinking. For fans of Deafheaven and Alcest, there’s plenty to uncover with As The Morning Dawns…

Traversing familiar topics such as love, life, death and eternal existential quandaries, AAFCC combine bleakness and hope, love and death – creating an unforgettable, majestic collection of songs. Recorded over a longer period of time than usual, each track got individual attention and was crafted as a stand alone element of the greater whole. They might not give away much about themselves, but they leave their mark on every one of these eight tracks.

As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes track list:
1. Carefully Breathing
2. Of Your Light
3. In Winter
4. Splendour Unnoticed
5. As The Morning Dawns, We Close Our Eyes
6. Hearts Closed
7. Melancholia
8. Last Night I Believed In You

A year on from their last album, All fell silent, everything went quiet, AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN have today announced their second album under the Prosthetic banner (their ninth full length overall), titled As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes. Alongside the announcement, the Netherlands based black metal-meets-shoegaze band have released a new single, Carefully Breathing, with an accompanying music video. As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes will be released via Prosthetic Records on May 21.

Listen to Carefully Breathing on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

Pre-order As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes here.

Speaking on Carefully Breathing, the band says: “The song is about a profound experience that has great emotional impact. The first thing when you try to cope with such an event is just carefully breathing. The song explores the impact of profound experience (be it good or bad) and how these experiences shape you as a human being.”

Recorded, mixed and mastered within the confines of the band, AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN remains a project shrouded in mystery and the band is yet to perform live. Their reclusive nature doesn’t detract from the alluring nature of their output – if anything the anonymity adds to the mystery and intrigue. Inspired by the originators of black metal and the gothic doom of the 1990s, AAFCC have created something that pays homage to its roots but remains forward thinking. For fans of Deafheaven and Alcest, there’s plenty to uncover with As The Morning Dawns…

Traversing familiar topics such as love, life, death and eternal existential quandaries, AAFCC combine bleakness and hope, love and death – creating an unforgettable, majestic collection of songs. Recorded over a longer period of time than usual, each track got individual attention and was crafted as a stand alone element of the greater whole. They might not give away much about themselves, but they leave their mark on every one of these eight tracks. 

As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes track list:
1. Carefully Breathing
2. Of Your Light
3. In Winter
4. Splendour Unnoticed
5. As The Morning Dawns, We Close Our Eyes
6. Hearts Closed
7. Melancholia
8. Last Night I Believed In You