The Autumns are an American alternative rock band based in Los Angeles, California, comprising Matthew Kelly (vocals, guitar), Frankie Koroshec (guitar), Ken Tighe (guitar), Dustin Morgan (bass) and Steve Elkins (drums). Formed by childhood friends Koroshec and Kelly the band were signed to Risk Records in 1997 and released an EP, Suicide at Strell Park, and album, The Angel Pool, the same year. The Angel Pool brought the band to the attention of the Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde and they decamped to London to record their second album In the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour with Raymonde at the .