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Apes Schedule February 2008 Release
12/30/2007
By: Patrick Steven Patterson
Apes have confirmed 2008 tour dates in support of Ghost
Games, which will be released on February 19, 2008 through Gypsy Eyes. The album
is the band's fourth full-length album, and the follow up to Baba's Mountain
(Birdman, 2005) and is the first album to feature vocalist, Breck Brunson.
When Apes' former singer, Paul Weil, left the band in 2005 to start a family after six years,
three EPs, three full-length albums and hundreds of legendary live shows, Apes found
themselves scrambling for a replacement. Bassist Erick Jackson and keyboardist Amanda
Kleinman met fellow visual artist Breck Brunson at a party in their hometown of Washington,
DC, and - on nothing more than a hunch - asked him to come out to drummer Jeff Schmid's
house the very next day to play music. By the end of that first jam session, Apes knew they
had found Weil's replacement.
Always an eclectic group - coming from varied musical backgrounds and tastes ranging from
'60s and '70s rock, pop and psych to '80s hardcore to Providence noise to reggae to Hip-Hop
- Apes found a singer with a similarly wide range of music interests, along with the vocal
flexibility and willingness to experiment in order to make it all work. Furthering the
mind-meld, Breck shared Apes' strong conviction that a powerful visual aesthetic, far from
being an after-thought to the music, should inspire its creation and support its
performance.
Since the release of their last album, Apes have toured with punk legends, The Slits, Liars,
Deerhunter, plus played dates with Spankrock, Klaxons and DMBQ. Fans were treated to the
new line up when Apes joined Liars, with seven brand new songs, during the summer of
2006.
Apes
"Beat of the Double" - MP3
"Dr. Watcher" - Video
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