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Clearing Autumn Skies
Pulses & Matter
May 10, 2002 
From the South Bay, Clearing Autumn Skies, which has finally into a line-up that has begun really producing, have come forward with this recently released four track EP and laid down their hardcore delivery well as they combine the aggressive guitar and bark approach from the hardcore school but also mold in some almost beautiful extra scenery with cleaner guitars and high waving rhythms. Featuring guitarists Mike McClatchey and Peter Layman, drummer John Lazarus, bassist Dave Small and vocalist Mike Amaro, these guys certainly have a highly volatile, severely dynamic, huge sounding style that jumps at the heavy parts and flies at the melody.
Of the four tracks, each holds its own personality with “Crestfallen” offering a kicked finish that drives at the landscape’s jutted feel, “…squares” falling into a much different pattern come the middle part of the song with a diving personality, “Polymer” which opens with a quick clean guitar strum before slamming into the pounded rhythm, and “Pleasant Disposition” which works the Clearing style into submission before closing the disc.
What these guys have ultimately done is create this major high ranging style that pulsates with speed and power before simply dropping into this crushed musical experience, simply bulldozing the music through the rhythm. The killer ideal in this disc is the layers of music going on in every track starting with the quick, highly talented Lazarus-led drumming and ranging all the way up to the multi-faceted guitar work. At the basic level, this is complex hardcore music with plenty to experience. However, and what makes this disc a strong listen, is the amount of subtleties going on “behind the scenes”, so to speak, with so many different guitar licks adding to the entire song. A strong initial recorded effort and, provided their line-up truly does solidify, could point to this band breaking open some even cooler material down the road. This disc is a strong pick-up in the underground and the band is one to watch in the future.
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