Discovery of a World Inside the Moone

The Apples In Stereo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Spin Art
• ASIN: B00004SGN6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,307 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Apples in Stereo's leader, Robert Schneider, never seems to run out of ways to describe the world as a psychedelic place. As the producer for Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel (all members of the elusive neotrippy Elephant 6 collective) and the singer-songwriter for Apples in Stereo, Schneider inhabits a world where the lysergic insights of Syd Barrett, Brian Wilson, and Roky Erickson never die. A childlike enthusiasm infuses tunes such as "The Rainbow" and "Look Away," in which a healthy dollop of Beatlesesque hooks, bright guitars, circus horns, and pop harmonies circa 1966-67 are a sharp contrast from the modern world of endless trip-hop drum loops and synthetic soul. Occasionally another decade slips through. "What Happened Then" has shades of T. Rex glam rock underneath its dreamy surface. But mostly it's as if someone locked this quintet in a room back in the late '60s and forever deprived them of all cultural stimuli. A worthwhile trip in the time tunnel. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Apples do some polishing - get up & dance!, January 18, 2002

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Jeffrey Jotz "You'll know him when you find him" (Rahway, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (Audio CD)

The Apples in Stereo, perhaps the most accessible Elephant 6 band, get tighter, groovier and poppier on this record. Their sound has been progressing from a more traditional psychedelic pop band that paid homage to Rubber Soul Beatles ("Tone Soul Evolution") to one more reminiscent of an early 70s Badfinger or bubblegum pop.

Unlike other Apples albums, TDOAWITM has no really weak songs that make me press "skip" on my CD player. Each one will get you tapping your feet, drumming your steering wheel, or god forbid, your behind up on the dance floor.

In fact, the tune "Look Away" stands apart from the rest because it was release on an EP many months before TDOAWITM. It sounds like the "old" Apples more than the "new" Apples on the rest of the disc.

Harmonies, horns, trippy vocals and a sound that would have fit in on Budda Records three decades ago make this one of my favorite releases of 2001.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An OK record, April 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (Audio CD)

This April 2000 release of the Elephant 6's most prominent band is quite accessible, especially poppy, and downright enjoyable. The funkiness (especially of the bass line) of the tenth track, "The Bird That You Can't See" is a little unexpected and very infectious. The overall mood of the album continues the band's practice of tipping the hat to the Beatles. The harmonies still are suggestive of Beach Boys. Perhaps the dissappointment of the album lies in its unexperimental and totally straight-ahead foci. Of course, the Apples in stereo aren't quite as exotic-seeming as the Olivia Tremor Control, for instance, but some different sounds a la Her Wallpaper Reverie would be interesting. Overall, the record is good as a fairly coherent pop statement. I think it is recommended in the least for listening if not for purchasing.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Wonderful Pop, March 5, 2002

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"jeyediddley" (Swarthmore, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Discovery of a World Inside the Moone (Audio CD)

Apples in Stereo produce some of the best indie pop. This album is their best effort yet, producing such infinitely hummable tunes as Go, Rainbow, I Can't Believe, The Bird That You Can't See, and Submarine. Whenever I want to convince people that all indie rock doesn't stink, I play this for them. Even if they don't like indie, they usually admit that this is well produced, harmonious, and catchy.