Sweet, Sweet Apples

Energy is needed on a Sunday Morning. "Energy" is what we have here.

In 2007, The Apples in Stereo, a group out of Colorado (by Way of Athens, GA) released New Magnetic Wonder. The album is lead off with the 70's sounding "Energy," a song some critics attest to a pean to ELO's Jeff Lynne, an influencer on the Apple's singer, Robert Schneider.

The similarities abound, from the use of the guitar sound distorters, to the overengineered (but rightly so) track layers, to quite a few EOL albums (notably, ELO's Time, to be featured later). The whole effort of th album is quite special, as well have having some real music-geek treats (a special theoretical chord discussion is introduced on the album as a text file), and some inside music jokes and trivia bits.

The sound is kitchy and fun. Definitely saccharine-laced music, quite amenable to a sunday morning. I may need to get more sleep, but if I don't, I can easily wake up to this.

Enjoy your sunday!
-om