{"id":274,"date":"2007-02-12T14:12:36","date_gmt":"2007-02-12T19:12:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-24T17:36:57","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T17:36:57","slug":"first-impressions-the-apples-in-stereo-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/first-impressions-the-apples-in-stereo-n\/","title":{"rendered":"First Impressions: The Apples in Stereo, New Magnetic Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Riding the coattails of the work of Townswoman Citizen Mom<\/strong>, I’m about to write a real-time review of the new album by The Apples in Stereo, New Magnetic Wonder<\/em><\/strong>! After a brief backgrounder, I will advise you to strap in and prepare for what might be a bumpy ride.<\/p>\n

I thought Apples in Stereo were cooked<\/em>! After leader Robert Schneider’s<\/strong> breakup with wife\/drummer Hilarie Sidney, I’d read he was deep in long-distance collaborations with the likes of Andy Partridge<\/strong> and Robert Pollard. I’d read he was making electro-mash-ups on his laptop. <\/p>\n

Like so many of you, I fell in love with Tone Soul Evolution<\/em>. Sure, I was behind the curve, but it led me down the path of catching up with the Elephant 6 collective. I especially liked The Minders<\/strong>, who sounded like all the rickety ’60s elements of Apples in Stereo without the dangerously overreaching ambitions. I lined up outside a local record store for the release of the Apples’ follow-up album, Discovery of a Moone Inside Your Ass<\/em> (or something like that). Every little overdub was placed just so<\/em>. Details, details. It was retro-indie-sunshine pop made by a copy editor, or a proctomusicologist<\/em>. As someone says in Spinal Tap<\/em>, “Too much fuckin’ reality.” This album would be traded in a mere week later. <\/p>\n

I could no longer hang with Schneider. Our affair was a brief one, but I’m about to give him a try again. Right now! For a limited time, you too can listen to a streaming version of this album from our friends at Phawker<\/a>. Are you ready? OK…strap in<\/em>!
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