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One day, after his star sign promised a ‘dynamic’ afternoon, Ambrose Nock (guitar) decided it was the right time to form a band known as Apricot Rail. He was soon joined by Jack Quirk (guitar), Matthew Saville (drums) and Daniel Burt (bass). The premise of the band was simple: music based on unique guitar tunings, the use of natural harmonics, and very open ideas about other instruments, electronica and song structure.
After a debut gig at the Hyde Park Hotel in March 2008 with four members and as many songs, the band soon added a fifth in Mayuka Juber (clarinet/flute), redefining the balance of guitars with the addition of beautiful woodwind melodies.
The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.
The band’s debut recording was a DIY affair, with members heading off to a rural property near Yorkrakine, 220km north-east of Perth in WA’s Central Wheatbelt. In the following months, the resulting demo got regular rotation on Perth’s RTRFM, and though unreleased, was rated by the station’s Homegrown presenter Chris Wheeldon as his second-favourite local outing of 2008. In the second half of the year, Apricot Rail chalked up some serious gig mileage, along the way supporting the likes of Holly Throsby, Charge Group and Adam Said Galore and finding refuge among Perth’s emerging post-rock/experimental scene.
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| FULL TRACK Pouring Milk Out The Window | 3:23 |
| FULL TRACK Halfway House | 6:25 |
| FULL TRACK Trout Fishing In Australia | 4:29 |
| FULL TRACK A Public Space | 5:34 |
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nickvb wrote:
maybe go trout fishing while we're at it
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ironstone_3 wrote:
Lets go on a long road trip to nowhere and put Apricot Rail in our car stereos!
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DarkKnight1190 wrote:
Surry Hills 1 track single or 4 track bonus EP currently FREE download here: http://apricotrail.bandcamp.com/album/surry-hills-bonus-ep Get this wonderful tracks while you can...
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emiiii001 wrote:
Pouring Milk Out The Window ♥♥♥
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isolationists wrote:
couldn't get into this band at first but it's growing on me, fast!
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SergeyACE wrote:
Incredible and marvel music...<3 [2]
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saypaint wrote:
awesome
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Ephedr1num wrote:
Incredible and marvel music...<3
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rosiq-e wrote:
Esperando impaciente el nuevo disco.
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Comet_Course wrote:
Still awesome.
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whenisaidtulips wrote:
Bloody legends
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shoquita wrote:
listened Rain Falls... on a radio. sweet song:)
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Comet_Course wrote:
Have had this on EXTREMELY high rotation in my car since the album launch. Makes me drive the long way everywhere, just so I can keep listening...
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thomhp wrote:
Amazing sounds, well fucking done
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honkynut wrote:
Dunno what track it was specifically, but when I happened on these guys a couple of months back, I thought Explosions in the Sky was playing over the PA.
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Nickz0r wrote:
This is quite amazing music. Well done guys
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ciaomeow wrote:
Looking forward to seeing them tonight!
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manooka wrote:
Great track, looking forward to the album.
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quirkj01 wrote:
yay
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tehben wrote:
mm.
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Apricot Rail Supporting Akron/Family
30 Sep 2011 | from music.hiddenshoal.com
Instrumental-pop wizards Apricot Rail are supporting
experimental rock geniuses Akron/Family on their ‘Cosmic Birth
Tour’ this coming Tuesday at Mojos Bar in Fremantle. Akron/Family
are touring on the back of their latest release S/T II: The Cosmic
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brownmaster and vladbg added Apricot Rail to their libraries. Saturday afternoon
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pu7eversun tagged Apricot Rail with ‘post-rock’. last month
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pu7eversun, BILLTHEBEARD, bethia_b and 5 other people added Apricot Rail to their libraries. last month
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Lameburne tagged Apricot Rail with ‘artists ive seen’. October 2011
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Seka_mH tagged Apricot Rail with ‘experimental’. October 2011
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from_the_tundra added Apricot Rail to from_the_tundra’s library. October 2011
- Apricot Rail posted a news item ‘Apricot Rail Supporting Akron/Family’. September 2011
- Apricot Rail posted a news item ‘Apricot Rail ‘Surry Hills’ Review at The Silent Ballet’. September 2011
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T3hLibrarian added Apricot Rail to their libraries. September 2011
- Apricot Rail posted a news item ‘Apricot Rail Single Launch and RTR Interview’. August 2011
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