Erin's richly layered vocals deliver a hypnotic effect, taking the listener's mind to otherworldly places. Scott's dense churning guitars create a wall of sound, completely enveloping the listener in lush ambience. Together, they create a spinning sonic world of escapism. Eifelian tells the tale of early Earth. Vast wilderness, lonely yet peaceful, a serene planet. Seven-string minor guitar chords, the low-end growl of a 5-string bass, ambient mandolin, and other more exotic sounds are heard throughout the album. Of course, there is a liberal dose of shoegaze staples: heavily processed electric guitars, drums immersed in reverb, and atmospheric vocals. Eifelian lies on the darker side of the Autumn's Grey Solace sound with an ample amount of melancholy tones.

Released on Projekt and available February 8, 2011.

Tracklisting:

01. Archean Earth
02. Faint Young Sun
03. Phobic Sea
04. Halfway Underground
05. Unfamiliar Spirits
06. Devonian Serene
07. Eifelian
08. Riverbled
09. Gondwanaland
10. Serravallian
11. A Soul Ensnared
12. Redivivus
13. Holocene
14. Fauna

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