Autumn Fires won Kerrang! Radio’s ‘The Deal’ competition in 2025, earned a spot opening Download Festival’s Fresh Blood stage, and recorded their debut EP with Grammy and Mercury award-nominated producer Romesh Dodangoda at The Marshall Studio. “Gone By June” is the first taste of what came out of all that, and it delivers on every bit of the promise that got them there.
The track is sharp, energetic, and emotionally direct, built around the hollow aftermath of a relationship that promised everything and delivered nothing. Inspired by the songwriting approach of State Champs, “Gone By June” was written with a specific live vision in mind. The band was explicit: “We wanted to write a song that got every fan up on their feet jumping and moving. The vision in our head was our fans crowd-surfing and moshing.” The song earns that ambition with infectious hooks and pop-punk momentum that feels genuinely built for summer.
Autumn Fires came together during the pandemic, bonding over online gaming before the world reopened and the band could actually get in a room together. Vocalist Charlotte Haimes, guitarists Callum Skea and Luca Testa, bassist Neil Dowd, and drummer Daryl Humphries draw from The Story So Far, Tonight Alive, and Knuckle Puck while building something that is clearly and confidently their own. Haimes’ lyrical approach captures it well: “Even if I’ve written it with an ex in mind, it’s still the listener’s song.”
EP ‘BLOOM.’ arrives February 25th via Marshall Records. Upcoming shows include a support slot with Royals in Southampton on March 14th and a London date at The Dome on March 21st supporting newshapes, plus an appearance at Collision Festival in Bedford on April 11th.
‘BLOOM.’ Tracklisting:
Fall For You
Gone By June
Closure
Running Away
Upcoming Shows:
Mar 21 — The Dome (Downstairs), London (supporting newshapes)
Apr 11 — Collision Festival, Bedford