Autodrone last released a full length in 2008, when debut Strike a Match turned heads thanks to a heavy shoegaze palette and powerful live shows. The band’s latest offering, This Sea Is Killing Me, paints in darker hues while also playing up the band’s way with contrasting keyboard lines and atmospheric guitars that cascade over Katherine Kennedy’s vocals. Songs like “Exit Ghost” bring to mind misty graveyards on moonlit nights and pack plenty of eerie fall thrills.
Autodrone will be playing the PopMatters CMJ Showcase this Wednesday at the Tender Trap in Brooklyn, alongside Dead Leaf Echo, Veda Rays, Magic Shoppe and Parlor Walls.