{"id":27041,"date":"2017-10-09T17:15:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T21:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27041"},"modified":"2017-10-08T17:37:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T21:37:35","slug":"album-review-autobahn-moral-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27041","title":{"rendered":"Album review: Autobahn &#8211; The Moral Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bfa9985e32bf7c8803a55cd1_560x560.jpg?resize=560%2C560\" alt=\"Autobahn The Moral Crossing cover\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bfa9985e32bf7c8803a55cd1_560x560.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bfa9985e32bf7c8803a55cd1_560x560.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bfa9985e32bf7c8803a55cd1_560x560.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bfa9985e32bf7c8803a55cd1_560x560.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bfa9985e32bf7c8803a55cd1_560x560.jpg?resize=176%2C176&amp;ssl=1 176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bfa9985e32bf7c8803a55cd1_560x560.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>Leeds-based quintet AUTOBAHN will release their sophomore album &#8216;The Moral Crossing&#8217; on November 3 via felte (The Americas) and Tough Love Records (rest of world). The have some cool coloured vinyl variations based on geographic location.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, the album is dark, stark, with a sense of urgency, and sounds like its ready to detonate at any moment. Songs like the title track <i>The Moral Crossing <\/i>with it&#8217;s\u00a0frantic drum beat and\u00a0oscillating guitars\u00a0and Execution-Rise&#8217;s intense vocals and droning guitars, but some softer synth driven tracks like <em>Future<\/em>\u00a0and melodic vocals on <em>Torment<\/em> bring the album back from the boiling point to give some breaks to the tension.<\/p>\n<p>This is the sound of a band who are ambitious and want control over their music to put out records exactly as they intended &#8211; the album was self-produced.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re into bands like Interpol, The Cure, Eagulls or The Horrors, you should give this one a listen, and it will likely be right up your alley.<\/p>\n<p>Take a listen to <em>The Moral Crossing<\/em> via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/06HwFukyzFQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"e2ma-style\">AUTOBAHN<br \/>\n<em>The Moral Crossing<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"e2ma-style\">1. Prologue<br \/>\n2. Obituary<br \/>\n3. Future<br \/>\n4. The Moral Crossing<br \/>\n5. Torment<br \/>\n6. Low\/High<br \/>\n7. Execution\/Rise<br \/>\n8. Creation<br \/>\n9. Fallen<br \/>\n10. Vessel<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The album can be pre-ordered now on limited edition vinyl, CD and digitally at the <span class=\"e2ma-style\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/v4xws\/3m9fkn\/79pvme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">felte online store<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Leeds-based quintet AUTOBAHN will release their sophomore album &#8216;The Moral Crossing&#8217; on November 3 via felte (The Americas) and Tough Love Records (rest of world). <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27041\" title=\"Album review: Autobahn &#8211; The Moral Crossing\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28,33],"tags":[73,6518,1093,6519],"class_list":["post-27041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-review","tag-album","tag-autobahn","tag-sophomore","tag-the-moral-crossing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bfa9985e32bf7c8803a55cd1_560x560.jpg?fit=560%2C560&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-729","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26481,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26481","url_meta":{"origin":27041,"position":0},"title":"Autobahn announce &#8216;The Moral Crossing&#8217; LP","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"August 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Leeds post-punk quintet Autobahn have shared their frenetic first single and title track of their upcoming second album, 'The Moral Crossing'.\u00a0The album will be released via Tough Love Records on CD, a red vinyl pressing for indie stores, 100 red vinyl pressing with a poster available exclusively through Bandcamp \/\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;indie&quot;","block_context":{"text":"indie","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"Autobahn","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/abf12565e7edc40f24759f7d_880x586.jpg?fit=880%2C586&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/abf12565e7edc40f24759f7d_880x586.jpg?fit=880%2C586&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/abf12565e7edc40f24759f7d_880x586.jpg?fit=880%2C586&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/abf12565e7edc40f24759f7d_880x586.jpg?fit=880%2C586&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27155,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27155","url_meta":{"origin":27041,"position":1},"title":"AUTOBAHN share new single &#8216;Execution\/Rise&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"October 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As Leeds-based quintet AUTOBAHN prepares for the November 3 release of their new album 'The Moral Crossing' on November 3 via felte (The Americas) and Tough Love Records (rest of world), the band have shared the latest single from the upcoming album. 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