The Autumn Defense Once Around 2LP Blue Vinyl Mark Kamins

Mark Kamins

For those unaware

a guitar-playing prodigy who was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry when he was only 13

Writing for The Quietus back in 2014

“there is a plushness and electricity in the tight vocal harmonies that spring out

The Autumn Defense Once Around 2LP Blue Vinyl Mark KaminsBy day, John Stirratt and Pat Sansone are members of rock standard bearers Wilco, but for over a decade the pair have fronted passion project The Autumn Defense. Once Around is the group's fourth full length album and finds the band's steady, creative ease percolating directly into its music. The album's tracks are plaintive but don't pander and their melodies unfurl effortlessly while also unmistakably setting the hook, not to be easily shaken.