Музыка и песни Ape School / Ape School на LP

Michael Johnson aka Ape School creates a unique cocktail of Psychedelic-Rock, Beach Boys Pop explorations and simple but highly functional melodies. As if grizzly bear would meet with todd rundgren. Great debut! Record Label: Counter Records Style: Independent

went to the studio with Eric Slick [Dr. Dog] and just ripped through a loose concept. Ended up using his first take drums. Went and found a couple of kids in the building to play sax and vibes. Ended up layering tons of Eventide guitars over it and jotted down a quick bit of lyrics. First take vocals all the way across. Beefheart/Barrett bastardization gone mudslide." - Michael Johnson on "Marijuana's on the Phone". Backed with "Blame Mark Griffey," the 7" features a full-color cover in a heavy PVC sleeve, plus two transparency masks by Freegums. The record was created in partnership with Needless Records, the Florida-based label home to Jacuzzi Boys and Woven Bones. Record Label: Hometapes Style: Independent

Junior Violence" begins with a death rattle of the most optimistic sort. Half-synthesized and half-howled, the first song on APE SCHOOL's new album sums up birth, death, and the guilt you face as you drop the needle on side A: Did you know you fucked yourself? Everything is on the other side of that question. Answer it and you'll wonder why you're just now fessing up. Tell your truth and the Oberheim OB-8 will cascade like a waterfall. The bass line will try to feel you up. It's all foreplay for the anthemic "Marijuana's on the Phone" and the nine tracks that follow, adding up to the second album from APE SCHOOL, the flaming sigil for a man named Michael Johnson (see Holopaw, Lilys, Kurt Vile, and War on Drugs). "Junior Violence" is part confession, part blitz, part hangover, and part ascension. The Ape School equation, worked out in real time on the I-95 corridor, is audible in "Junior Violence"'s forty minutes. Experience, context, the skill to build a raging fire, and the confidence to toss ideas straight into the blaze drove Michael Johnson to embrace first takes, to fuck up, to play match maker between Pink Floyd and Prince, between Soft Machine and Queen, and to build a band out of geniuses. The album and live lineup features Eric Slick on drums, who joined Ape School while he was playing with Adrian Belew (King Crimson) and who went on to join Dr. Dog. Liz Boyd, Scott Churchman, Adam Ravitz, and a rotating roster of UArts students perform as Ape School and round out its undeniable wall of sound Record Label: Hometapes Style: Independent