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This song just started growing on me. I don't know its just fun and relaxing
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The Apples in Stereo
New Magnetic Wonder
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AMG Review of New Magnetic Wonder
Tim Sendra
All Music GuideNew Magnetic Wonder, the Apples in Stereo's return after a five-year hiatus, is one of their best records in a career made up of consistently fine recordings. Anyone expecting a return to the experimental, lo-fi wizardry of their early albums may feel let down by New Magnetic Wonder, but on the other hand, anyone fearing a return to the bland stripped-down and noisy sound of Velocity of Sound need not worry. What they have delivered instead is a crisply recorded set of bouncing rockers, sweetly strummed allads, and vaguely trippy mid-tempo tracks that are full of hooks, melodies, and goofy fun. Over a base of solidly rocking bass, guitar, and drums (as well as Robert Schneider's reliably chirpy vocals), the band and their cohorts (the credits read like an E6 who's who, including Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel, Bill Doss and W. Cullen Hart of the Olivia Tremor Control, and John Fernandes, who has played clarinet with just about all the E6 bands) create a rich soundscape of Mellotron, backing vocals, percussion, and vintage keyboards that envelops the record in a warm and lush haze at times and fills it with sunshine at others. Even more than previous Apples releases, it's a record that won't win any points for being profound or meaningful. Tracks like "Can You Feel It?" or "Energy" are breezy to the point of invisible, but if they don't get you singing along like a fool right away, you've probably come to the wrong party and should go find a Bright Eyes record instead. The more sedate tunes that dominate the second half of the record, like the yearning and psychedelic "Open Eyes" or the melancholy "Radiation," give the album some balance (and in the Mellotron-soaked epic "Beautiful Machine, Pts. 3-4," one of the record's finest moments), but it's the charming fluff like "Same Old Drag" and "Play Tough" that wins the day in the end. The Apples' successful return to the indie scene should be hailed with a hearty embrace (and a tear for the departure of drummer Hilarie Sidney, whose two contributions to the record, "Sundial Song" and "Sunday Sounds," are quite nice) for anyone who likes their pop silly but intelligently played and arranged. Welcome back, Apples!
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So, did you guys know that Elijah Wood is a HUGE indie music fan and now has his own record label? Here's a short interview with him about the significance of the name, Simian Records, and why he decided to start a label in the first place. Oh yeah, and he's just signed Apples in Stereo.Article courtesy of Filter Magazine. http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=13989&c=2 He's a Believer! Eli...
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If you have not had a chance you must take a listen to the new *Apples in Stereo* album _New Magnetic Wonder_. Its a wonderful thing indeed. After a long absence AiS return with an album full of oxygen rejuvination._Eclectic as their music._The album if littered with lots of mini tracks, that I somewhat feel detract from the cohesiveness of the whole thing, but only at times. Some of these min...
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This morning I fired up my trusty laptop to find my first email was from my close friends at Bumbershoot.org. Well, maybe not _friends_ exactly, but any email like this has to come from someone I could grow to love...http://www.bumbershoot.org/lineup.htmThe lineup has (finally) been announced and if you take away the addition of Fergie, its absolutely incredible! There's something for everyon...
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my new favorite apples in stereo song "sun is out" is going in my "soundtrack to life" playlist. btw, my movie is gonna be directed by wes anderson... he doesnt know it yet.
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i know i'm pretty late jumping on the bandwagon, but is anyone else aware of HOW MUCH ASS the apples in stereo kick? i mean, i've "liked" them for years, but lately i've been getting sort of ...addicted. i don't know why. it just happened. one day, i was fine, listening to mixes and being quite happy, and the next, i wanted to listen to the apples and stereo and nothing else. except someti...
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