Apollo Ghosts
Apollo Ghosts
Fulton Lights
G. Washington Brown
Unbunny - Black Strawberries 180g LPCatbird’s Current 2009 Favorite
…is Hastings Sunrise, by Apollo Ghosts, who I wrote about last week. It pains me to use that old “perfect blend of” trope, but there’s no way around it: this record is a perfect blend of ’70s Punk/New Wave/Power Pop, ’80s College/Jangle, and ’90s Slack Mofo Indie/Twee. I’d post another mp3, but honestly, the songs vary so widely in styles, I don’t want to overstate any one in particular. Best bet: go to the Apollo Ghosts Myspace, where there are a crapload of different songs streaming. Another good bet would be to hurry up and grab this self-released, JC/DC-produced LP while you can; there are only 300 copies.
As with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s Broom in 2005, and Frightened Rabbit’s Sing The Greys in 2006, I’m just going to keep harping on about this record until someone with an audience larger than mine picks up on it. It’s a great record, and I really want people to hear it.
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January 21st, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Just bought the LP – thanks for the call out.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:48 am
This sounds great. The band’s videos are definitely worth a watch as well. I’ll be ordering this today.
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:54 am
yep, it’s working it’s working! just bought the record myself after jamming through their MySpace tunes. good stuff.
February 4th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
[...] Thankfully Ryan Catbird seems to understand this behavior and attempted to battle it with a reminder post titled CATBIRD’S CURRENT 2009 FAVORITE: …is Hastings Sunrise, by Apollo Ghosts, who I wrote [...]
March 17th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
[...] at all. They have a MySpace, but even my mom has a MySpace for music. Somebody (Catbird?) at The Catbirdseat describes the band and album as “a perfect blend of ’70s Punk/New Wave/Power Pop, ’80s [...]