Although Projekt is primarily associated with gothic music, this band are sure to appeal to indiepop fans. Their sound is atmospheric and reverb-drenched yet strongly melodic dreampop with female vocals. The singer's voice is distinctive, sometimes I think it sounds almost childlike, yet it also has strength behind it. They also add a spacey psych-rock touch to the guitar solos in "Fractured" and "Deserted and Desolate," and the melancholic "The Sadness of Years Past" features a style of guitar playing that seems Mediterranean influenced. Over The Ocean begins with the soothing sound of the sea, which adds to the overall atmospheric feel of the track (and indeed the whole album). The label recommend Autumn's Grey Solace to fans of Love Spirals Downwards, Cocteau Twins and Mira. I'd agree with that, whilst also adding My Bloody Valentine and late-period Secret Shine to the list. This album is quite simply sublime. It doesn't have the darkness of many Projekt releases, but certainly has the beauty. Highly recommended.

On Over the Ocean Autumn's Grey Solace delivers an alluring and encompassing piece of shoegazer darkwave. Chilling ambient melodies, ripe with seductive power, mingle with ghostly effect with the female vocals. The vox are svelte and create strange and addictive harmonies with the instrumental soundscape. The blend is seamless. Like two fireflies dancing slow-motion in a river of amber, the vocals and the music with which they waltz entwine with each other in a sad mating ritual whose progeny is this flow of tears, this call of a disembodied and lonely voice crying from over the horizon. A hardened heart indeed it would be that would find none of Autumn's grey solace in these songs, for their power of captivation is formidable and force the listener to transcend his personal genres in the face of sheer musical power. And it's a power that comes from quiet, for never does this group deviate from its practice of music that is restrained and, perhaps, meek, but never weak and always electric within its soul. - Kristofer Upjohn

Autumn’s Grey Solace is comprised of the duo Scott Ferrell and Erin Welton. They hail from the sunny state of Florida where they formed their group in early 2000 where they immediately began writing and recording for the release of their debut album Within the Depths of a Darkened Forest. They self-released this first album in 2002 to positive reviews and caught the attention of Projekt Records. By this time they had already started working on their second album which was picked up and released by Projekt in mid-2004. With this release they have begun to make a national and international impression on the Ethereal/Shoegazer scene and are already working on what will be their third release.

Fans of stellar bands like Siddal, Love Spirals Downwards, and The Cocteau Twins will now have another new favorite band to listen to as they continue to release new music. This band captures the best emotional and dreamy aspects of this genre through captivating female vocals and impressionable music and lyrics. Scott contributes his talents of various guitars, bass, mandolin, drums, other percussion and various engineering tasks while Erin lends her beautiful vocals, lyrics, keyboards and musical compositions. This is a new and exciting group to welcome into the wonderful world of Gothic Ethereal music. Fans of this genre will really be pleased and should enjoy their latest album. Be sure to catch selections on the Ethereal radio show here.

I guess you can imagine that when Projekt Records signs a new band and advertises them as a great new Ethereal/Shoegazer band you can expect some pretty good music at least. When I put this CD on I was completely blown away. The style of music is right along with other great bands like Siddal and early Love Spirals Downwards. And as I was trying to think about current artists producing this type of music, there really aren't that many, and so while they emulate some of these great bands of the past, they currently stand amongst the few in this specific genre. Rating: 4.5/5 - Jacob

Erin Welton's ethereal vocals float sentiments of heartbreak, loneliness and devotion gently over Scott Ferrell's atmospheric guitars on Over the Ocean, the couple's second album as Autumn's Grey Solace. Cynics unfazed by this kind of hazy guitar pop will be unmoved by AGS's traditionalist take on the mini-genre, as it skirts preciousness. But those of us who appreciate the marriage of siren-like singing, tasteful picking and a delay pedal with find songs like "Deserted and Desolate" and "Distant Mother" too charming and pretty to resist. - Michael Toland

Cold and alone, you wrap your arms around yourself the way your lover used to do. The candle flame flickers, casting warm shadows upon the ceiling, the light wavering in your eyes as the tears begin to come, the memories of what you both had and lost. The walls close in around you, suffocatingly close, and you turn inward, escaping into a brighter dream of futures past, full hearts and trembling lips, hope and despair intimately entwined, shifting and shimmering like sunlit shadows on ocean waves. For anyone who has loved desperately and lost desolately, Over the Ocean will be a warm and welcoming companion in the madness. Building achingly lovely, fragile songs around Erin Welton's gorgeous voice and lush keyboards and Scott Ferrell's hypnotic guitar textures, Autumn's Grey Solace picks up where Love Spirals Downward left off. Both earthy and ethereal, Erin's singing alternately swathes you in a warm, loving embrace and strands you in a cold, dark place, waiting for a companion who will never come. Listening to her voice, surrounded with Scott's plucked and strummed and chiming guitars, is like taking a trip to the edge of dream, submerging briefly in the inky waters of nightmare, then finally surfacing in the land of the living once more. A find for fans of heavenly voices, shoegazer guitars and gothic romanticism.- Dave Aftandilian