Autumn Owls are an experimental

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

 post-rock

Post-rock

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 band from Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

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History

Autumn Owls was conceived in 2006 by five friends and musicians, Gary McFarlane, Adam Browne, Simon Gillis, William Purtill and Derek Byrne . While studying for final exams in college the band began writing demos. They were chosen to play Dublin's Hard Working Class Heroes music festival in October, 2007; the band's first live performance. In 2008 they released two critically acclaimed EPs, Insomnia Lodge and On the Trail of the Disappearing. Since then the band has appeared at North American music festivals like SXSW, CMJ, NXNE, and Canadian Music Week

Canadian Music Week

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and have regularly toured the US and Europe. The band has been writing material for a new LP reportedly scheduled for a 2012 release date.

Discography

• Insomnia Lodge EP (self-released, May 2008)
• On the Trail of the Disappearing EP (self-released 2008)