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After a five-year absence, Apples in Stereo have returned with a sprawling and lush ... more
masterpiece. Their founding principle of the DIY approach to recording has remained in place, but the nearly 15 years of technological progress has made such ways of wo...
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After a five-year absence, Apples in Stereo have returned with a sprawling and lush ... more
masterpiece. Their founding principle of the DIY approach to recording has remained in place, but the nearly 15 years of technological progress has made such ways of working yield significantly more robust sounds. Robert Schneider's songs have always harked back to the pop artistry of Brian Wilson and Jeff Lynne, as well as such near contemporaries as Pavement.New Magnetic Wonderoffers a more lush sweep of sound. It's varied, dazzling, and full of surprises. There's the keyboard-based pop of "Same Old Drag," the hypnotic muscle of "Sunndal Song" (sung by drummer Hilarie Sidney, who's recently departed to work with her own band), and the sprawling, four-part "Beautiful Machine." Depending on who's listening and what song they're hearing, there are many different ways to describe this band. Ultimately, they gently demand that you take them on their own terms, rewarding handsomely all those who make the glorious plunge.--David Greenberger
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After a five-year absence, Apples in Stereo have returned with a sprawling and lush ... more
masterpiece. Their founding principle of the DIY approach to recording has remained in place, but the nearly 15 years of technological progress has made such ways of working yield significantly more robust sounds. Robert Schneider's songs have always harked back to the pop artistry of Brian Wilson and Jeff Lynne, as well as such near contemporaries as Pavement.New Magnetic Wonderoffers a more lush sweep of sound. It's varied, dazzling, and full of surprises. There's the keyboard-based pop of "Same Old Drag," the hypnotic muscle of "Sunndal Song" (sung by drummer Hilarie Sidney, who's recently departed to work with her own band), and the sprawling, four-part "Beautiful Machine." Depending on who's listening and what song they're hearing, there are many different ways to describe this band. Ultimately, they gently demand that you take them on their own terms, rewarding handsomely all those who make the glorious plunge.--David Greenberger
Postage & Packaging:£1.21 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
This review is being rewritten at the moment, and will reappear when I'm happy with it. I'm currently rewriting all of my old reviews to make them better and more in line with 'proper' reviews like you see on the liks of Pitchfork or Stylus, and naturally that's going to take a bit of work. Sorry for being massively inconvinient, but that's just how I roll, folks! I'll try to rewrite this review as quickly as possible, but for the moment I've written ... more
This review is being rewritten at the moment, and will reappear when I'm happy with it. I'm currently rewriting all of my old reviews to make them better and more in line with 'proper' reviews like you see on the liks of Pitchfork or Stylus, and naturally that's going to take a bit of work. Sorry for being massively inconvinient, but that's just how I roll, folks! I'll try to rewrite this review as quickly as possible, but for the moment I've written a basic guide to the album below which should hopefully serve as a place holder until my glorious full and proper review is created.
A psychadelic trip of an album, with some brilliant songs such as "Skyway", "Energy" and "Beautiful Machine Parts 1-4".
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Product details
Title
New Magnetic Wonder
Performer
Apples In Stereo (The)
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Power Pop
Release Date
26/03/2007
Original Release Year
2007
Label / Distributor
Yep Roc / Shellshock/SRD
Producer
Bryce Goggin
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
634457213227
Additional notes
Album Notes
When the Elephant 6 collective first began putting out records in the mid-1990s, teen angst and raw grunge pop dominated the airwaves, making the E6's baroque psychedelia a whimsical reference to a bygone age. Since then, neo-psych has become the chief aesthetic of much of indie culture: from the orchestral ambitions of Sufjan Stevens to the brown acid bombast of Comets on Fire. In this milieu, the Apples in Stereo--perhaps the most definitive E6 band of the collective's heyday--return with a whopper, the epic, 24-track NEW MAGNETIC WONDER, and a lesson for the droners in what a psych revival can be. Keyboardist Bill Doss, bassist Eric Allen, guitarist John Hill, and new drummer John Dufilho (ex-Deathray Davies) join Apples mastermind Robert Schneider in a blissed-out parade of kaleidoscopic pop with enough headphone candy to satisfy the stoners plus melodies for the soccer moms. NEW MAGNETIC WONDER is full of positive anthems: "Can You Feel It" kicks off the album like a rush of musical serotonin, while "Energy" reinvigorates lyrical platitudes ("the world is made of energy/and the world is the possibility") with tent-revival enthusiasm. The backwards piano trickery and interlocking riffs of "Same Old Drag" refute the negativity of its title, while "Sun is Out" relocates Guided By Voices' basement on McCartney's "Penny Lane." Learning from other definitive neo-psych moments such as XTC's SKYLARKING and the Stone Roses' debut, NEW MAGNETIC WONDER keeps its hooks in abundance and sounds referential without ever sounding dated. A swirling thrill.
Album Reviews
Spin (p.82) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Simple, catchy, unabashedly cheery -- even while exploring a new musical scale..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Can You Feel It
2.
Skyway
3.
Mellotron 1
4.
Energy
5.
Same Old Drag
6.
Joanie Don't U Worry
7.
Sunndal Song
8.
Droplet
9.
Play Tough
10.
Sun Is Out
11.
Non-Pythagorean Composition 1
12.
Hello Lola
13.
7 Stars
14.
Mellotron 2
15.
Sunday Sounds
16.
Open Eyes
17.
Crimson
18.
Pre-Crimson
19.
Vocoder Ba Ba
20.
Radiation
21.
Beautiful Machine Parts 1-2
22.
Beautiful Machine Parts 3-4
23.
My Pretend
24.
Non-Pythagorean Composition (Locked Groove)
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