Tour Dates Scheduled for Fall including Record Release
Show at
Rockwood Music Hall - Stage 2 in NYC on September 26,
2012
"John McGrew sounds uncannily like Jeff Buckley with some Freddie Mercury-worthy grandstanding thrown in... the band sustains a record-perfect clarity in performance."
- The Village Voice
"The group merits far more widespread attention than it’s received thus far..."
- NPR Music
Brooklyn-based band Apollo Run (John
McGrew, Jeff Kerestes, Graham Fisk) are gearing up to release their
full-length debut album,Here Be Dragons, Vol III, on September
25, 2012. As a lead up to the album release, the band partnered up
with Artist Direct who is giving away the song "Bendingthe Light" from the new album and premiered the track
today. The band has also added a record release show on September
26, 2012 at Rockwood Music Hall - Stage 2 in NY to their fall
schedule.
The 11-track album follows their incredibly successful debut
EPs – Here Be Dragons, Vol I and II, where the band garnered
glowing reviews from NPR Music, Time Out NY, The Village Voice, Relix,
The Deli Magazine, ArtistDirect and more. In March 2011, a well-timed
release of their ‘Charlie Sheen’s Got Tiger Blood, Man’ video
on YouTube gained them a feature with the Huffington Post and
airplay on various radio stations across the country, including an interview on
LA's KROQ.
For the release of their debut LP, the band trained hard on
fundamentals. As lead singer John McGrew puts it, “It
was a little likeRocky IV. We did a crazy amount of vocal drills
and rhythm exercises. Imagine one of those awesome 80's sports movie montages
where the athlete is getting back into shape for the big game/fight/race.
That was us, and it worked.” Drummer Graham Fisk adds,
“For VIII, we had all this great new material and a sense of
purpose heading into the studio. A do or die mentality.”
The result is an hour of sweeping epic. Lush harmonies
and cascades of keys crowd around the chamber of “Autumn Song.” Swagger
reigns in “Bending The Light,” riding on sinewy rhythms and
salty disco bass. The chattery vocal effects in “The Inevitable
Small Rebellions” mark an unmistakable new authority in the AR
sound. The crown jewel might be “Sirens,” a
picture-perfect ballad that constitutes the first instance of the band writing
a song all together, from the ground up.
The band has plans to hit the road this fall in support of Here
Be Dragons, Vol III. They have a couple of shows in the NYC
area this summer and will hit the States this fall with shows in New Haven,
Boston and San Francisco with more to be added shortly.
Apollo Run Tour Dates
Aug 24 – Brooklyn, NY – The Rock Shop w/ Team Genius &
Happy People
Sept 6 – Boston, MA – Middle East Upstairs
Sept 6 – Boston, MA – Middle East Upstairs
Sept 26 - New York, NY - Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 - Record
Release Party
Oct 13 – New Haven, CT – Stella Blues
Nov 1 – San Francisco, CA – Amnesia
Nov 1 – San Francisco, CA – Amnesia
(photo credit: Alex Fischer)
"Too good to pass up...Listen, learn, love."
- Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
“Apollo Run is a puzzle: Emo Rock? Horn-laden jam? Sweaty
gospel pop? But it’s all played with impressive assuredness bolstered by John
McGrew’s Buckley-ite vocal passion.”
- Time Out New York
Apollo Run is:
John McGrew – vocals / keyboards / guitar / trumpet
John McGrew – vocals / keyboards / guitar / trumpet
Jeff Kerestes – bass / vocals
Graham Fisk – drums / vocals
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