Apricot Rail produce some of the most discretely charming, lush instrumental pop music you’re likely to hear all year. Delicate, bell-like arpeggiated guitars weave around snaking clarinet and flute, while the beautifully held back yet sanguine rhythm section drives the whole thing into a blurred, sun-soaked horizon.
Their debut album features the wonderfully received single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’, an anthem without ever having to be anthemic, a melancholic reverie that never resorts to the emotional ease of sadness. ‘If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them’, which featured on the 2009 Spunk Singles Club compilation album, is another chiming standout. And gorgeous closing track ‘Halfway House’ weaves in bubbling electronics as the band lead the listener through glowing landscapes and light-drenched vistas.
Track Listing:- A Public Space Preview
- If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them Preview
- Trout Fishing In Australia Preview
- Pouring Milk Out The Window (Single) Preview
- Car Crash Preview
- Wadnama Preview
- Rain Falls On Your Nose, It’s Red From The Cold Preview
- The Parachute Failure Preview
- On The Trolley Preview
- Halfway House Preview
Cat#: HSR053
This release is also available at the following online stores:
The album is also available from these wonderful Australian independent record stores:Red Eye Records (Sydney),
Waterfront (Australia wide mail order),
Rocking Horse (Brisbane),
Missing Link (Melbourne),
Polyester (Melbourne),
Greville Records (Melbourne),
78 Records (Perth),
Dadas (Perth),
Planet (Perth).
and:Monorail Music (Glasgow) and
Avalanche Records (Glasgow)
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