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After a five-year absence, Apples in Stereo have returned with a sprawling and lush masterpiece. Their founding principle of the DIY approach to recording has remained in place, but the nearly 15 years of technological progress has made such ways of working yield significantly more robust sounds. Robert Schneider's songs have always harked back to the pop artistry of Brian Wilson and Jeff Lynne, as well as such near contemporaries as Pavement. New Magnetic Wonder offers a more lush sweep of sound. It's varied, dazzling, and full of surprises. There's the keyboard-based pop of "Same Old Drag," the hypnotic muscle of "Sunndal Song" (sung by drummer Hilarie Sidney, who's recently departed to work with her own band), and the sprawling, four-part "Beautiful Machine." Depending on who's listening and what song they're hearing, there are many different ways to describe this band. Ultimately, they gently demand that you take them on their own terms, rewarding handsomely all those who make the glorious plunge. --David Greenberger

Fresh off the release of the critically acclaimed New Magnetic Wonder and one of the most productive years of their career (including recording a remix for Yoko Ono and tours of Europe and
Taiwan), The Apples in stereo are releasing the long-awaited compilation Electronic Projects for Musicians through Simian Records/Yep Roc Records/ Elephant 6. Named after an electronics
how-to manual by Craig Anderton, the album can be seen as the band s follow-up to their 1996 compilation Science Faire. The album spans over 10 years and includes music from b-sides and rarities recorded between 1995 and 2007. It also features three previously unreleased tracks: ''Stephen Stephen,'' written for and originally performed on Stephen Colbert s The Colbert Report; ''The Apples in stereo Theme Song,'' recorded for the band s website; and the highly anticipated ''Dreams,'' a previously unfinished track from 1997 s Tone Soul Evolution.

Part of the Elephant Six collective of psychedelic pop bands (they were high school chums with The Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel in their hometown of Ruston, LA), the now-Denver-based Apples In Stereo run wild with their Beach Boys/Pet Sounds fixation on their splendid second album. Guitarist/vocalist Robert Schneider is the key auteur here, crafting a winning set of strange but melodic tunes. Drummer Hilarie [stet] Sidney also gets props for contributing to the irresistible harmonies. (Witness the big, orchestral/vocal build-up at the end of "Silver Chain.")Jim Derogatis

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

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