The Apples in stereo

Elephant 6的头号大牌，the APPLES IN STEREO，1993年出道，来自美国丹佛，他们热爱这四轨Lo-fi录音！The APPLES IN STEREO的音乐主要受着the Bealtes、theZombies、Sonic Youth、Pink Floyd等乐队的影响，然而，他们的音乐给人留下最深刻印象的，还是那阳光灿烂般的感觉！其实他们的音乐从中也有不少搞笑得成分。 Apples In Stereo的基础成员有主唱 / 吉他手Robert Schneider(年初才受邀全力跨刀历史经典名团XTC之灵魂人物Andy Partridge单飞的首张个人大作 )、女鼓手Hilarie Sidney(据说为Schneider之女友)与贝斯手Jim McIntyre。跟名团Olivia Tremor Control、Neutral Milk Hotel、Secret Square一样同属Psych-Pop录音制作集团Elephant 6下开枝散叶的骄傲成绩。迄今，Apples In Stereo在纽约名厂spinART下已发行有Fun Trick Noisemaler(1995年)、Tone Soul Evolution(1997年)、The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moon(2000年)等3张完整录音室专辑，数张EP、单曲，及Science Faire(1996年)、Sound Effects:92-00(2001年)2张精选合辑。 Sunny pop band the Apples in Stereo were one of the leading lights of the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective, a coterie of like-minded, lo-fi indie groups — including the Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Secret Square — who shared musicians, ideas, and sensibilities. They were led by singer/songwriter Robert Schneider, a native of the tiny town of Ruston, LA, also home to Jeff Mangum (later of Neutral Milk Hotel) as well as William Cullen Hart and Bill Doss (who formed the Olivia Tremor Control). Throughout high school, the aspiring musicians — all influenced by the likes of the Beatles, the Zombies, Pink Floyd, and Sonic Youth — exchanged home recordings and played in each others bands. After college, Schneider and Mangum relocated to Denver, CO, where Schneider struck up a friendship with fellow Beach Boys fan and bass player Jim McIntyre; after enlisting drummer Hilarie Sidney and guitarist Robert Parfitt, they formed the Apples and issued their self-titled debut EP on the Elephant 6 label. To avoid confusion with other similarly named bands, they officially became the Apples in Stereo for 1995s full-length debut, Fun Trick Noisemaker. In 1996, Schneider produced the Olivia Tremor Controls Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle and later in the year the Apples issued Science Faire, a collection of singles and rare material. The Apples in Stereo returned in the fall of 1997 with Tone Soul Evolution; shortly after its release, the band signed a distribution deal with Sire and the album was re-released in January of the following year. The excellent Her Wallpaper Reverie followed in the spring of 1999, and a year later the band returned with the equally wonderful The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone. The group also contributed a song to 2000s Heroes & Villains: Music Inspired by the Powerpuff Girls, and in 2001 they released the Lets Go! EP, which featured the track from Heroes & Villains along with a cover of the Beach Boys classic of the same name. In fall 2002, Schneider and the Apples in Stereo issued their most ambitious effort to date, Velocity of Sound. Soon afterward the band went on hiatus with members focusing on other projects (Schneider with Marbles and Ulysses, Sidney with the High Water Marks). In 2006 they reconvened to record New Magnetic Wonder for actor Elijah Woods new label, Simian (in conjunction with Yep Roc). Before the record hit the shelves, the bands lineup suffered a blow with the departure of Sidney in late 2006. Her replacement, the Deathray Davies frontman John Dufilho, was added to a band that apart from Schneider also included ex-Olivia Tremor Control member Bill Doss on keyboards, guitarist John Hill, and bassist Eric Allen. The band was given a boost by the appearance of Schneider, singing Stephen, Stephen — his ode to the handsomeness of Stephen Colbert— on the infamous Green Screen Challenge episode of The Colbert Report.