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The Apple Tree
Artist
Hintermass
ReleaseProduct
The Apple Tree
Label
Ghost Box
Catalogue Number
GBX023 DL
Release Date
March 18, 2016

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Following their well received The Open Songbook 7” for Ghost Box’s sought-after Study Series, Jon Brooks (The Advisory Circle) and Tim Felton (formerly of Broadcast and Seeland) unite once again as Hintermass for their most substantial offering to date with debut LP The Apple Tree. Whilst the piece is primarily a pop record, the fact that both members of the group have firm groundings as talented multi-instrumentalists allows a vast array of colour and texture throughout, building an alluring, psychedelic sound through electronics, left-of-centre percussion and fanciful acoustic instruments, all topped with Felton’s warm, comforting vocal.

Opening up, the duo whirl us through the playful title track, before the warm instrumental ‘The Rituals Of Reversal’ takes over, bewitching us with its radiant energy and Indian tabla drums. The seamless fusion of psychedelia and folk continues with ‘While Away’, which demonstrates the adept production talents of Brooks, yet it's the carefully positioned outer-planetary instrumental skits that intersplice the album’s more traditionally structured pieces that add to the overall ethereal aesthetic, such as the soft, new-age arpeggios of ‘Rain For A While’ or the more cosmic ‘Electric Element’. With the pair reportedly inspired by the kosmische krautrock styles of Ash-Ra Temple and Popol Vuh, the beauty of the The Apple Tree is its masterful distillation the same experimental ethos into a more approachable pop-orientated mould that’s ripe for the warmer months ahead.

Digital Track List

  1. 1 Apple Tree 4:42 Buy

    Apple Tree

  2. 2 The Rituals of Reversal 6:07 Buy

    The Rituals of Reversal

  3. 3 From Leaving in Meaning 5:13 Buy

    From Leaving in Meaning

  4. 4 Rain for a While 1:47 Buy

    Rain for a While

  5. 5 While Away 4:16 Buy

    While Away

  6. 6 Apple Tree Reprise 1:45 Buy

    Apple Tree Reprise

  7. 7 Patterns Somewhere 4:36 Buy

    Patterns Somewhere

  8. 8 Electric Hintermass (Sound Apart) 5:02 Buy

    Electric Hintermass (Sound Apart)

  9. 9 Weicher 5:44 Buy

    Weicher

  10. 10 Electric Element 1:37 Buy

    Electric Element

  11. 11 Uncertain 3:49 Buy

    Uncertain

  12. 12 Luftglider 4:34 Buy

    Luftglider

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