This is the final installment of this go-round of Three Stars. On Tuesday we featured Alcian Blue, and yesterday we reviewed the album Proof, by Laura Tsaggaris. Today we tackle Meredith Bragg and the Terminals. Three Stars will return in November.

Meredith Bragg and the Terminals
When the first breaths of autumn blow into the city, darkening its leaves and skies, DCist reaches for a certain subset of our album collection, records reserved for cool, rain-strewn nights, when all one wants to do is reach for a tumbler of whiskey and give play to introspection. Autumn this year brought DCist a new September indulgence, Vol. 1, the impressive debut album of local band Meredith Bragg and the Terminals. The record has been receiving attention from prominent indie publications, but all we care about is how lovely it is to wear a sweater to.

It was a perfect autumn evening when DCist took to the Velvet Lounge to see the band play live. It was a small show, attended mainly by friends of the band, who sat quietly on the floor before the stage. Bragg, who plays guitar and sings, noted that Elizabeth Olson, who played cello on the album, had recently left the band to serve with the Peace Corps in Africa. With only three members remaining (Jonathan Roth on drums and Brian Minter on the keyboards in addition to Bragg) the setting was as intimate as a living room.