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2002. Neutral Milk Hotel have disbanded for what seems like an era, Olivia Tremor Control have shared their same fate. Beulah are taking their last breaths, Elf Power release a mediocre album and one of covers. The Elephant Six Recording Company is about to close. It's precisely in this rather dark moment for the dear elephants that the mind behind Apples in Stereo (a band that until that moment had produced, after an initial little masterpiece, a series of albums that were nice but not special and went unnoticed), Robert Schneider, comes out with a great album, which will likely prove to be the pinnacle of his career along with the aforementioned debut.
"Velocity Of Sound" is a mature album, which gathers all the solutions invented by the band previously, treasures them, and reworks them. The sugary and acoustic guitars of the beginnings are mostly set aside, to make room for a more distorted, compact sound (bringing to mind the guitars of Hardcore Punk), without forgetting melody, which is always very present. Remarkable are the vocal parts entrusted to drummer Hilarie Sydney, although Schneider's almost childlike voice reaches its greatest splendor.
An energetic album, perhaps short in length, but with great impact.
Our apples will then form an alliance with Elijah Wood, release a decent "New Magnetic Wonder" in 2007, then dear Hilarie will leave the group, which will come out with the embarrassing "Travellers In Space And Time" (2010). The end (I hope).
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 Do You Understand? (03:22)
Looking in the looking glass
is that a person there?
his face is drawn his eyes are downcast
in the distant past
is there a lesson there?
the lesson is it ain't gonna last
If I had my day
I'd burn down the factories
that sicken me and make the weather gray
if I had my way
I'd tear down the memories
I'm chicken and I wanna run away
Hey there do you understand
why I hold a dagger in my hand?
hey there do you understand
why I hold a trigger in my hand?
Upon distant sands
the waves fall heavily
feels heavy like my head in my hands
what I don't understand
you keep calling back on me
you kick me out yet you keep me in demand
The other day you looked the other way
hey, hey I need to get away
the other day you looked the other way
hey hey you tried to get away
10 Baroque (03:21)
In the moonlight I see my memories
in a new light, they seem so real to me
I remember, you know I remember
And the starlight tripping in the sky
come on, we can still go there tonight
I remember, you know I remember
We haven't changed
we just feel a little strange
we haven't changed
we're just a little bit deranged
In the moonlight I think about the past
and in hindsight, I knew it wouldn't last
I remember, you know I remember
And the starlight skipping on the bay
come on, we can still go there today
I remember, you know I remember
We haven't changed
we just feel a little strange
we haven't changed
we're just a little bit deranged
In the moonlight I see my memories
I realize I need you here with me
I remember, you know I remember
We haven't changed
we just feel a little strange
we haven't changed
we're just a little bit deranged
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