The Apples in Stereo

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Template:Infobox band The Apples in Stereo is an indie rock band associated with the innovative Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel, Secret Square and Olivia Tremor Control. They currently include members Eric Allen (bass), John Hill (rhythm guitar) and Hilarie Sidney (drums, vocals) while lead singer/guitarist Robert Schneider writes the most of the band's music and lyrics. Their debut release was 1995's Fun Trick Noisemaker (with Jim McIntyre on bass).

They are best known for their bright, catchy lyrics and 60s pop/rock sound that often provokes comparisons to The Beatles.

Their major influences include The Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys.

1 Recent band history
- 1.1 Information on the new album
2 Discography
3 See also
4 External links

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Recent band history

The Apples in Stereo formed in Denver, Colorado with Robert Schneider, Jim McIntyre, Chris Parfitt and Hilarie Sidney. McIntyre later left the band, but released two EPs, Von Hemmling and J.W. Kellogg EP, under the Von Hemmling monicker.

Though the band is popular with fans of independent music, they haven't had much commercial success. In 1999, after the release of Her Wallpaper Reverie, The Apples in Stereo became one of many artists early on to gain revenue from allowing their songs to be used in television advertisements after licensing "Strawberryfire" to a Sony ad. They were soon after interviewed by The New York Times [1]. Most recently, The Apples song "The Rainbow" has been used in a television advertisement for Hewlett-Packard for their digital photography campaign (famous for using the songs such as "Picture Book" by The Kinks and "Pictures of You" by The Cure).

In 2004, Robert Schneider and Hilarie Sidney, who had been married, briefly took time off from The Apples in Stereo to pursue other projects. Schneider would create the album 010 by his newly created band Ulysses while Sidney would sing lead vocals and play guitar for The High Water Marks. The High Water Marks released their album Songs About the Ocean with 010 on Eenie Meenie Records. It was during this time it had been revealed that Schneider and Sidney had been divorced.

In 2005, Schneider began touring to promote his second album release for the solo project Marbles.

News of the divorce upset fans who began to worry that The Apples in Stereo had broken up. A number of factors assured that this was not the case. A new Apples song covering Bruce Haack's "Liza Jane" appeared on the internet (recorded for Dimension Mix on Eenie Meenie Records). Word of a new album also spread, which has yet to be released. In addition to this, The Apples almost immediately began touring together after the 2005 Marbles tour ended. Their shows currently feature all new songs in addition to old fan favorites.

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Information on the new album

The new album is being produced by Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Evan Dando) and is being recorded in Brooklyn, New York at Trout Studios. As of October 2005, The Apples have finished recording 15 basic tracks. They are scheduled to return in November to finish overdubs and general recordings.

The band hopes to release the album sometime within the first half of 2006, but no record label has been chosen to release the album yet.

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