Stolen Apple is a band that has been around a while and they recently released 'Trenches' so I thought I might take listen...
Trenches
I tend not to review albums in general but when Alessandro Pagani contacted me I decided to take a look.
I decided to do ZERO research on this band before I reviewed the trenches album because I really wanted to share with guys my own view of the trenches album and not be biased for or against what others write - it seemed like a plan!
So lets take a look at what I found and my humble views about Trenches from Stolen Apple.
Right from the start I had absolutely no preconception about Stolen Apple or indeed this 'Trenches' album which I think is always better. Are these rock based? or Indie? or... well you name it - I had no clue. I come from a distinct rock background and for me the 'punk' era did not suit my taste, but later music twisted in to grunge and that went in to.. well you get the idea.
Of course today there are so many genre's of music it can all be a bit mind boggling so let's not really pin down Stolen Apple in this way (at least until later) and as you will see with my views of some of these tracks on Trenches they are far and away different than the bands perception is (more on that later). So let's kick off with the tracks:
01 Red Line
I liked the nice tones from the guitar... sort of jangly. The thing is, (believe this or not) I thought that this track had a reminiscence of the earlier days of the Beatles. Yes I WAS around then, but only about 7! A sort of mid 60's jamboree! Indeed I guess that my interpretation might be nothing like others, but that all depends on one's personal historical musical journey and maybe what I might be listening to in general these days.
02 Green Dawn
Not a particularly bad track at all but not one of my favorites really - a sort of 'middle of the road' indie type of song that strangely (I know:) had a vocal sort of 'Tom Petty' reminiscent somehow.
03 Fields Of Stone
Best word I can say is... 'Jangly'. Not really my style of music I would listen to but for the guys that like it they will of course... like it!
* 04 Pavement
Ah the first track I can say that was more in keeping with the sort of stuff I might find in my car that I listen to. It's a sort of laid back track where the guitars make way for a nice gritty vocal. By 4:30 this track gets a little heavier and I could almost think that while listening to this that I might have been listening to a recreation of Pink Floyd... but somehow a whisper of them rather than a scream.
05 Falling Grace
This track to me was a more 'punky' track and not really my style so I'll pass on this one although the fraternity of that genre will like it no doubt.
** 06 Living On Saturday
The first track that I feel is really good (based on my rock background of course). Ha the vocals seemed to turn back to a 'Tom Petty' likeness in a weird way (no bad thing for sure) Great vocals and I liked how this track seemed 'psychedelic' in places. One to listen to for sure.
** 07 Mystery Town
Again a really great track that is more laid back - and I would still describe this myself as rock based .. again sort of 'Floyd' cultured
* 08 Something In My Days
This more lively track was far more energetic and lively with nice melodic parts as you move through it. I liked this track not quite as much as say 'Living on Saturday' or 'Mystery Train' but it does have its own feel.
09 More Skin
Not one of my favorites for sure, but it does (for one of the few times really) break in to a guitar 'solo' somewhere at 1:55 which stands out as there are not really that many lead breaks.
* 10 Daydream
Again this is a laid back rock track in reality - the sort of stuff I will sometimes listen to and it even has a mouth organ in there (or maybe simulated who knows). I would describe this again as a modern day style of cool rock music... nice.
11 Sold Out
Maybe they did sell out for this track! Not for me really and it has a definite nod towards the indie stuff.
12 In The Twilight
A different style for sure compared the 'Red Line'. Again this is a laid back approach and again it has that 'whiff' of Floyd in there. There is a guitar out too from round 3:40 and I liked this track but some of the others were a bit more what I am used to in music that I listen to.
Conclusions?
Clearly Stolen Apple have been around for a while and they know what they are doing and that shows in the music on the Trenches album. There's a good mix of styles on here, but they meld together well I thought. While I did confer that some of the music reminded me of other stuff, factually that is no bad thing. Let's face it, if Stolen Apple go on to be half as good as any of those bands I mentioned they will be very successful indeed.
For anyone that likes rock and indie rock buy this album, for the punk guys maybe less so because there clearly is an influence, but not as much as some of the other genre's on here.
Thanks to Alessandro Pagani for sending me the info.
Stolen Apple Information provided by Alessandro Pagani
Stolen Apple live...
The band was formed in Florence in 2008 by the ashes of the Nest, authors of two works published respectively for Urtovox/Audioglobe ("Drifting", 2001) and Zahr Records/Blackcandy-Audioglobe ("Isn't ' it?, 2007). Of the original nucleus, (material and news on Myspace.com/nestband) remain two founding members, namely Riccardo Dugii (vocals, guitar), and Luca Petrarchi (vocals, guitar); To complete the organic Massimiliano Zahedi, already aggregated to the Nest as percussionist in some acoustic experiments and here on bass, and Alessandro Pagani (formerly drummer of Subterraneans and one of the minds of valve/Shado Records), present in the formation for a Period in the mid-90 when the group was called the "astray".
The name of the band was inspired by the story of Ernst Lossa, child jenish killed in the 1944 by the Nazis in the context of their program of extermination of individuals not self-sufficient, narrated among others by Marco Paolini in his show "Ausmerzen".
Band influences include: Neil young, sonic youth, clash, slint, dinosaur jr, flaming lips, low, codeine, joy division, etc.
Links and contact:
Listen to the Album:
https://soundcloud.com/stolen-apple/sets/trenches/s-g79Zz
YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/stolenapple
Website:
https://stolenapple.bandcamp.com/album/trenches
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Stolen.Apple.Band/
Alessandro's
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/alessandro.pagani.Stolen.Apple
MP3
link drop box:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vdzhjfffgaqg0uk/Trenches%20MP3.rar?dl=0
Wav link drop box:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qf6ld1okwplqo68/Trenches%20WAV.rar?dl=0
email:
stolenappleband@gmail.com
Musicians:
Luca Petrarchi: guitar, vocals
Riccardo Dugini:
guitar, vocals
Alessandro Pagani: drums, vocals
Massimiliano
Zatini: bass, keyboard, vocals
and thanks to Giovanni Chessa
:drums-bass
Album Title: Trenches
ARTIST: STOLEN APPLE
LOCATION: Florence, Italy
GENRE:
Alternative-Rock, Indie-Rock.
RELEASE DATE: 23th of September
2016
TRACKS: 12 for a total amount of 50:05:17
LABEL:
co-operation with Rock Bottom Records
WORLDWIDE DIGITAL
DISTRIBUTION: Audioglobe, Clearspot
SPECIAL FEATURES: Passion,
courage, curiosity, in a multi-faceted album.
PROTAGONISTS:
Riccardo Dugini (vocals & guitar), Luca Petrarchi (vocals, guitar,
mellotron, organ & synth), Massimiliano Zatini (vocals, bass &
harmonic), Alessandro Pagani (vocals, drums, piano & percussion).
Latest News
- Video of the last concert at Circus Club and interview on
"Indie Eye Network": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTia_Oujak
- Interview on May issue of "Immersion Magazine" Canada
-
"Trenches" in hot rotation on BCB Radio Bradford, Uk
- Month's
album for "Sounds Good Webzine"
- The movie school "Image" of
Florence will use the Stolen Apple music for the short movies of
their students
- The song Daydream was simultaneously aired in
more of eighty European radio stations on the broadcast
"22
minutes, one week of Europe in Italy" on Friday 21 April 2017
(podcasting program on a European radio station network):
https://it-it.facebook.com/22minuti/)
“Trenches. . . . . men's mind is in trenche, or trenches are in
our minds”?
Twelve soaked songs of heterogeneous sounds and
ambivalent meanings, the debut album of Stolen Apple recounts
experiences in and out of the music in a kaleidoscope of raw sounds
and words full of intimacy. The debut album (but not that it is not,
the songs speak and tell us that behind the music there are years
and years of passion), draws different emotions song after song,
transporting the listener to different stages of abandonment: this
is not the mission that the music must carry? Stripped of all
prejudice and away from trends, Dugini, Petrarchi, Zatini and Pagani
have wanted to implement in the most natural way their sound 'live',
alternating in a modern personal style and originality, while always
keeping in mind the immense artistic heritage left by past greats.
By mixing alternative rock of various schools (especially American
90s), desert country, psycho-punk, shoegaze, paisley underground,
pop-noise, acid ballads and alt-country sound, the crossover sound
of the band involves keeping attitude and ability to be credible
moving through difficult lands as it is to those who make music
today.
This record is an open book of memories, shared stories and adventures: the twelve songs are the result of a collective work, although done without explicit planning. Because the only thing that matters is the free movement of ideas: each song is an expression of the independent spirit of the band. And it is for this reason - the absolute compositional autonomy and unnecessary pursuit of perfection- that each song has its own identity yes, but just as many facets and many sound suggestions. This comes from the common purpose of the group, which has always been the fulfillment of his passion, without constraints related to technical assertions, mode, or outside involvement.
Trenches is an album with a strong and evocative title, and bequeaths to us, if a message has to pass an artistic work, an urgent thought, which places him disillusioned look at the hopes of our youth: where futuristic visions have been lost, or are been disillusioned by the vanish (in contact with reality) of concepts related to love, peace and freedom, the music reconciles the dream. That to which he aspire, and that the modern shelter in trenches, the 'security zones' where our weaknesses lie, is slowly - but surely - changing the outlook of life.
Extracts of reviews:
.... "This is a solid album, with songs
built as well as needs to be done." GIANLUCA RUNZA - NOISE
....
"A disc designed to the old, in open contrast with the electronic
drifts indie homegrown, with a dry production, by direct contact.
Beautiful stories of the past." PALAZZO DIEGO - BLOW UP
...."energetic songs that do not forget the importance of melody" -
ROBERTO PECIOLA - ALIAS de IL MANIFESTO
.... "Coordinates
psychedelic and shoegaze, tasty guitar plots that touch the Loop,
Primal Scream of the first works, Swervedriver and dig up the
Television of" Marquee Moon "and certain experiences of the Paisley
Underground. Despite the obvious references the result finish is
original, personal and rarely practiced in the Peninsula. Great "-
BACCIOCCHI ANTONIO - RADIOCOOP
.... "The recording debut of Apple
Stolen moves on insecurities and daily insecurity without ever
slipping, but shouting vigorously, urgently need what the fragility
today must be respected, if not preserved" - FULVIO PALOSCIA - LA
REPUBBLICA
.... "A job that, although it is not exactly a debut
album, saw that the Florentines have years and years of" stage ",
shines even a seductive innocence, just as the eternal guys who
always look at the sun set and will bring anywhere guitar "- ROCKIT
- MATTIA NESTO
..... "Trenches is cold and ruthless, dreamlike
company to make texts of which we can already imagine the story
behind it: distorted vocals, and discomfort moans and melancholy. My
friends are gone you sing angrily in the fifth track, Falling Grace.
There is easily lost on this record not to be missed "- MORGANA
GRANCIA - TROUBLEZINE
.... "An album that has the great merit of
letting listen, bringing those who draw near to such interesting
atmospheres back continuously in the drive to let taste and discover
step by step. And in times made music disposable, the Stolen Apple
are candidates to the role group to follow absolutely "- MARCELLO
MATRANGA - MESCALINA
..... "The Florentine group begins with a
nomadic disc that likes to pass from a psychedelic swirl to a swirl
post rock through very heavy alternative and indie influences, so
showing off the versatility and various sound facets ensuing" -
GIOELE AMMIRABILE - TUTTOROCK
..... "To the Stolen Apple appears
to be an extremely rich in energy work, perhaps the first step of an
equally rocking career and full of vitality." OCAROCK
.....
"Post-rock or psychedelic flavors are perhaps inescapable, yet it is
in being able to slow down that Apple Stolen calling at the
superfine and reflective dimension that gives this record a listen
more, because at each new turn emerge nuances that before you did
not have the sensitivity to understand ... the trenches are melting
"- HEART OF GLASS - POISONHEART
..... "Eclectic Stolen Apple have
managed to produce, thanks to the disk, an a-temporal reality and
ahistorical simply telling the life experiences in and out of the
music, for a result away from current trends and incredibly soft and
strong at the same time. " ILARIA CORDI '- IN FREEDOM'
.....
"Trenches is nice because it seems to listen to an album Alt-Rock /
Punk of those early 2000s, where anger and looseness of distorted
guitars had everything you needed." INDIE EYE - TREVISANI FEDERICO
..... "Trenches has the strength to be both a romantic story but
also a breath of fresh air, and a search, one literally" dig "in the
maze of alternative rock of our day" - SOCIAL UP - BATTIATO CLAUDIO
... "Stolen Apple demonstrate quality and good ideas" - MUSIC TRACKS
- FABIO ALCINI
..... "Stolen Apple bring with them a good amount
of experience made of indie / alternative rock matrix, rough
production, melancholic and hypnotic pace" - TOP TESTI - TEMISTOCLE
MARASCO
..... "Trenches' is an album that arouses much curiosity
as you listen, as it comes from the passion, courage and
inventiveness of a band whose members have a good musical
experimental attitude" - DISTORTED SOUNDS - BENEDETTA DELLI QUADRI
..... "Pavement" seems to be the point of no return. Once there,
such a post, or a motorway, you depart for a new journey where you
change gear and meet contaminations blues, ballads and poems. A very
pleasant hard "- PRAGMA MAGAZINE - MONICA LUCIGNANO
..... "The
product is suspended there in a hole in time halfway between the
always fascinating sunset yesterday and the timid dawn that is
beginning to catch a glimpse of today, leaving us suspended between
melodies that wink at a rock indie enough while not flirting shyly
with a psychedelic pop. Stolen Apple make us relive in just under an
hour loves, dreams, hopes, disappointments, feelings, moments lived
"- SPETTAKOLO.IT - EDOARDO SANTARSIERO
..... "A work for four
hands in which there are so many things said, so many sounds, so
many rhythms not happened to me time" - SWITCH MAGAZINE - GIULIA
GIORDANO
..... "Trenches" showcases the good qualities of the
Stolen Apple, able to make good rock also offering a good variety of
pieces, children of different influences and embellished with an
effective writing, showing a particular care for the ' textual
appearance, but hitting is the elaboration of an almost unique
style, where different genres overlap and slide over each other. -
MUSIC MAP - PIERGIUSEPPE LIPPOLIS
..... "Is a pleasant drive,
Trenches, because every time you listen to it you have the
impression of grasping a reference that instead escapes you,
preventing you to definitely close the case of the Apple Stolen
under a single label" - POSTHUMAN - MARIO GAZZOLA
... "There is
great attention to reproduce a more natural sound than ever and
close to the live version. Still something improvable on rumors, but
taking it as a path start, the outlook is positive" - EXTRA! - M.
GRAZIA UMBRO
... "When riffs and rolled slow down the pace, often
come out masterpieces of music ....... an 'other feature of this'
album is the Apple of Stolen ability to make us live this sound as
if it were a real live ...... an album full of ideas and a lot of
beautiful music that is worth listening to. We hope to see you soon
live to amplify those feelings that already when using head- phones
are very powerful. " KAIROS JOURNAL - CARACAPPA GIUSEPPE
... "A
diverse and energetic drive, travel in the car and wind in your
hair; songs that you do hear and sing tapping her foot to the music"
- FMD FARE MUSICA & DINTORNI - ELISA ENRILE
.... "In Trenches are
twelve songs in which the quartet is at stake, it does so
spontaneously to a level above the average of the bands that we
face" - GARAGE ROCK - MARCELLO ZINNO
..... "The 'Trenches' value
is to be made up of songs that come down to it, they do not hide
behind artificial architectures and create an instant connection" -
SUFFISSO CORE - FEDERICA ROCCHI
..... "Trenches deserves
attention, not least because it focuses on a little sound exploited
in our country" - FB - GIANNI DELLA CIOPPA (rock writer)
....
"Strong, tough, passionate ....." - GOOD MORNING SICILY - CHIARA
FICI
..... "The Stolen Apple is a mature Florentine band that
knows how to play, far removed from the style company today" -
SANTORO GIUSEPPE - FMD
.... "The Stolen Apple meritanosicuramente
an" ear about "- EXITWELL - GIULIO VALLI
.... "Little doubt, the
guys know how to do and know the rules to baste the good
rock'n'roll, modern and non-obvious" - DISTORSIONI.NET - IGNAZIO
GULOTTA
.... "To listen to him certainly does not think of an
Italian band: the sound is very sought after, it feels like there's
a strong musical taste and a strong passion for music, played well
played" - LISTEN AND TALES - MAURO ABBATESCIANNA
.... "The groove
of the Stolen Apple takes us on a melodic mix-unreleased indie rock
that leaves its mark, and the Florentine group collectively
autograph the pieces that remain in the memory of their listeners" -
OFF THE JOURNAL - GIUDITTA ELECTRA LAVINIA NIDIACI
... "While
maintaining a personal style, the band gives us especially echoes of
Joy Division and Sonic Youth's less noisy, blended together to
desert atmospheres like a script quite open and relaxed. Do not miss
the pop rock in its most meager and an alternative to complete a
high biodiversity framework "- UNDERGROUND # 7 - MELEGARI MARCO
.... "Overall it is a work that surprises for its freshness and
innocence, qualities that characterize those eternal guys playing in
a garage and turn the dream of backpacking world" - UNFOLDING ROME -
ADRIANA FENZI
.... "An unripe disc, which reveals a capacity to
dialogue with different styles, dystopian mood and sounds that
change, are transformed, they explode and finally consume" - POLIS
SA MAGAZINE - CARMINE VITALE
.... "The overall opinion on the
work, is to be in front of a successful CD. Rating 8 ++" - RARE
WORLD - YOSHITO HIGASHI
..... "A sound mix that gives off a
bubbly and energetic listener adrenaline" - COUNTRY ROME / COURIER
OF THE PEOPLE - FUSCHI ALBERTO
..... "Variables are the emotions
rievocabili by track but there is one constant: the abandonment
caused by the music." - ALBUM OF THE MONTH FOR SOUNDS GOOD WEBZINE -
LEONE MARIA CAROLA
..."a wonderful demonstration of the art that
has stemmed from 70s punk rock" - BROWNIE MARIE.COM
...."Smart,
stylish, and with a sense of timelessness, Stolen Apple delivers a
joyful defiant album with “Trenches” - BEACHSLOT.COM
... "This
album does not lack certain personality, there are plenty of
original ideas but it is all set to run the wonder. Hats off" -
ANTBLOG - MASURI ANTONIO
... "Stolen Apple debut album is an
alternative rock kaleidoscope of sounds and words" - XTM EXTRA MUSIC
MAGAZINE! - MIKI MARCHIONNA
... "A well planted sound, songs that
go straight to the point and immediately come to the listener" -
AMARENA MAGAZINE - SILVIA CAPRIATA
.... "Stolen Apple offer more
attentive listener the opportunity, very rare in Italy, to make use
of an album from the broad and free from stylistic shackles and / or
gender" - SYMPHONY OF SILENCE - ADRIANO MOSCHIONI
.... "An album
to listen to in one breath leaving the mind free from those trenches
that we ourselves create for ourselves" GRAFFITI ROCK - VICENZA
UNDERGROUND RADIO - LAURA MARETTO
... "Trenches is an
extraordinary project that forces us to change course, it is a lamp
that lights rekindled in me in the past that were off. The intensity
of this record is something that is hard to describe, each track was
an emotion, a fragment of memory, home memories, flashbacks of joy
and melancholy and memories were rekindled from the past "-
BETAPRESS.IT PERTH
..."... "The journey in the 90 is assured: the
voice and the guitars flowing fluid through the 12 tracks, no
drooling and without going astray, with quality and intensity" -
CAUSA ED EFFETTO.IT - GIORGIO "JOSH" ANGOTTI
..."Time travel back
to Woodstock and I’m sure you’ll find ‘Trenches’ there somewhere" -
JENNY TATE UK JOURNALIST
... "A journey back into the music and
evocation that can only be good in times where everything seems
decided around a table and where quality is an increasingly
expendable item on the altar of quantity. Stolen Apple give a fort ,
where it is sweet to hide. the music helps not to feel inside how
quiet it is out "- NOTE VERTICALI - PAOLO QUAGLIA
... "Be
inspired, be captivated by the music of this beauty hard and full to
capacity authenticity" - DELIRI PROGRESSIVI - ROBERTO BRUNO
...
"Songs that tell the emotions of humanity neglected but not for this
device" - VISIONI SONORE - DEBORA SECHI
..... "nothing trivial
for Stolen Apple, an album for all tastes, we are faced with
remarkable material that certainly will not go unnoticed" -
UNDERGROUNDZINE - MAD / MARTINA TOSI
... "Stolen Apple offer us a
nice atmosphere indie-rock post-modern, current and enjoyable in a
crescendo of sensations, as you progress in listening to the album"
- CANTINE.ORG
... "the work is undoubtedly sought, it is also
evident a strong musical taste and a huge love for music. All valid
reasons to run to listen" - PIACERE MAGAZINE
.... "these sounds
remind me comfortably back in time, to the" progressive oriental "I
loved so much, but here as an" alternative and indie-rock "- QUI
NEWS VALDERA - FAUSTO PIRITO
".... the sounds are really
interesting, ranging from Alternative-Rock to Indie" -
MULTIMEDIART.ORG - GIANFRANCO TONINELLI
... "Trenches is a work
dominated by a creative emergency flow, probably remained suppressed
over the years, is a dense and inspired work, but above all sincere
and spontaneous" - INDIE ROCK - GILDA ROMEO
.... "all expertly
assembled for a listening that does not tire, which reserves a
surprise one track after another. Highly recommended, regardless of
genre favorite" - INSANE VOICES - KAREN
.... "inside the debut
album of the band from Florence there is everything: rhythm, sound,
text, the right priming dose and sounds for when a loss for words.
In practice, the rock" - L'OPINIONISTA - MAURO RUTOLO
.... "Well
well Stolen Apple, expect your news" - NOT ONLY PROG ROCK - MASSIMO
SALARI
.... "tough energy, rough, angry, dissonant, with a groove
that will punches. A nice discovery" - CORRIERE FIORENTINO - EDOARDO
SEMMOLA
.... "alternative, innovative, exciting, many adjectives
can define Stolen Apple, the band repertoire goes from pop to noise
and to neogrunge that vibrates inside the listener" - ALBATROS
MAGAZINE - LUCIA DE CRISTOFARO
... "The music of these toscanacci
is full of energy, but not devoid of nuances and refined found that
constitute a promising business card for their career. We will
surely talk again in the future" - LPL 24 NEWS - PAOLO ANTONIO MAGRI
'
..."... "The Florentine band has created with this album a
decidedly original mix, a burst of energy that has the ability to
feel emotions and feelings" - IL FASCINO DEGLI INTELLETTUALI -
LORENA NESI
... "An inspired and energetic cut international Made
in Italy" - FLANERI' - ALESSIO BELLI
"... The pieces do not bore
and show a solid musical and stylistic strength that allows you to
look forward to the next job" UKIZERO - FEDERICA DELL'ISOLA
"...There’s a real soundscape vibe to Trenches – not far removed
from a soundtrack score, even" - 100% ROCK MAGAZINE AUSTRALIA -
SHANE PINNEGAR
"....A job that is listened to with pleasure, with
well settled ideas to outline a raw style, fruit of great
compositional concentration" - IL TERZO LATO DEL VINILE - DAVIDE DI
COSIMO
".... Listening to the tracks of the album seems to be in
the face of something familiar, already known, yet it is as if it
escaped where exactly we met that thing and that's where it resides
Much of the skill of these guys " - CULTURAMENTE - FRANCESCA PAPA
"..... Trenches is an extraordinary project, a sought-after workload
that forces you to change the course. Every track becomes emotion or
fragment of memory: it's a real backward journey in the 90's" -
ANGELA FAILLA - IO GIOCO PULITO.IT
"... the band demonstrates
artistic maturity and is aware of what it does. A workplace to
consider" - STEFANO BONELLI - TEMPI DURI.EU
".... It feels like a
fiber, it feels like a soul." Trenches is travel and travel music,
by trip. "- POP OFF QUOTIDIANO - SERGIO BRAGA
"... A nice disco,
perhaps not digestible by the youngest musician of music consumers,
but absolutely to listen to those who loved rock in the 80's and
90's and to follow in the future for the developments that the four
Tuscan rockers will be able to propose" OFF TOPIC MAGAZINE - ANTONIO
SPANO' GRECO
".... Trenches puts the premise for the career of
one of the few Italian bands from the purely rocky backdrop" - POOL
MAGAZINE
"... The perfect quadrature of the circle between the
melody and the sound of the noise"! - FREAK OUT - VITTORIO LANNUTTI
"... The 12 tracks of" Trenches "are all different, but they show a
miraculous cohesion, driven by songtelling that alternates a dry
social documentary at dreamy and visionary moments. Attitudinal punk
and at the same time psychedelic, Stolen Apple crosses twenty-five
years of music with an enviable vitality and freshness. INDIE EYE -
MICHELE FAGGI
".... Trenches is a journey through sound
landscapes, listening to everything after falling in the dreamlike
dimension that it gives, there is a lot of "noise" in a continuous
struggle with clear and penetrating melodies." - IO GIORNALISTA TV -
PAMELA CRUSCO
SHORT BIO:
The band was formed in 2008 from the ashes of Nest,
authors of two records published respectively by Urtovox/Audioglobe
("Drifting", 2001) and Za Records/BlackCandy-Audioglobe ("Isn't it?,
2007). From the original nucleus, (material and news about
Myspace.com/nestband) are two founding members — Riccardo Dugini
(vocals, guitar), and Luca Petrarchi (vocals, guitar); to complete
the organic Massimiliano Zatini - already aggregated to Nest as
percussionist in some acoustic and experiments here on bass - and
Alessandro Pagani (former drummer in Subterraneans and one of the
masterminds of Valvola/Shado Records), in training for a period in
the mid-90 's when the group was called Malastrana. The band's name
was inspired by the story of Ernst Lossa, jenish child killed in the
1944 by the Nazi as part of their program of extermination of
individuals, narrated among the others by Marco Paolini in his show
"Ausmerzen".
Thanks to Alessandro Pagani and I wish Stolen Apple well.
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