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Apollo Sunshine, the trio who've already wooed Beantown with their virtuosic instrumental talents, will be releasing their third full-length, Shall Noise Upon, this September 2 on Headless Heroes (but for those who can't wait/never-learned-or-have-forgotten-how- to-play-CDs, vinyl and digital will be coming out August 5!).
The album was recorded last summer in a supposedly spirit-inhabited house in the Catskills, and perhaps it was the presence of said spirit that, er, inspired the band in their musical creation. The three members of Apollo Sunshine, Jesse Gallagher, Sam Cohen, and Jeremy Black, have worked together to make rich, but not ornate, music, music that moves from lush poetics to Mexican horns to psychedelic guitar like a well-crafted, well-tracked mixtape.
The band's serious chops, which have won them numerous accolades and consistently ranked them as one of Boston's best, are also on display, and more than a few of the songs on Shall Noise Upon should become live standouts. “The Funky Chamberlain (Who Begot Who)" in particular, with its psychedelic intro and wild keyboards, provides the freedom and atmosphere to let Apollo Sunshine's prodigious and well-honed abilities shine through.
The result is a timely collage drawn from homemade samples and field-recordings to singing bowls and jaw harp. Shall Noise Upon comes together in an impressionist tour of electrified music, and with each play, the range of sounds grow more connected to each other, a wholly satisfying experience, a wholly satisfying album.
