Apples in Stereo: Tone Soul Evolution: Pitchfork Record Review

Apples in Stereo
Tone Soul Evolution

[Elephant Six/spinART; 1997]
Rating: 6.3

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Denver's answer to the Beach Boys returns with a record that's catchy as the day is long. Yeah, everything you've heard is true. Robert Schneider and the gang actually abandoned their lo-fi standards for slick, 24-track production. Does it work? Yeah. A little.

Boy, they sound like the Beach Boys. These guys would be huge in England if anyone had ever heard of them. But I've tried to interview them and believe me, they're more trouble than they're worth. They were also stingy with their promos. I guess they want to remain in obscurity. Hey, that's up to them. Oh yeah, the album. It's alright.

-Ryan Schreiber, September 01, 1997

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