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To immerse yourself in Nurses’ Apple’s Acre is to delight in a certain mental unraveling. These are songs where the vulnerability of pop with its heart on its sleeve engages in a double-dutch jumprope match with the euphoric surrender-to-the-weird that is essential to psychedelia. And Nurses is a band that scavenges beauty and wonder, uncovering Technicolor where others see somber hues. Their off-kilter psych-pop is driven by ever-swelling vocal harmonies, adventurous electronics, some serious wheelin’ and dealin’ on the Rhodes piano, and the kind of new-primitivist percussion that may or may not involve a standard drum kit.
An encyclopedic list of musical influences and sound-alikes won’t necessarily cozy up your brain to the Nurses experience. Their compositions revel in the unexpected, and it creates music that’s endlessly fascinating. Part of the allure is that the songs of Aaron Chapman and John Bowers—the cosmic troubadours and longtime best friends behind Nurses—are in a constant state of motion, as if they’re evolving while you listen. Perhaps it’s no surprise, since Chapman and Bowers themselves have spent the past five years in a state of transience, as friendly nomads who gave up the comforts of normalcy for the deeper satisfaction of total devotion to making music. If the two aren’t rambling in their own sonic imaginations, they’re not satisfied.
Luckily for Portland, Ore., they settled down there for a while and unpacked their exhilarating playfulness in the attic of a Victorian house. It was in their attic fort that they recorded much of Apple’s Acre. Now that the pair call Portland home, they have expanded to a trio and are joined by percussionist and visual artist James Mitchell.
An encyclopedic list of musical influences and sound-alikes won’t necessarily cozy up your brain to the Nurses experience. Their compositions revel in the unexpected, and it creates music that’s endlessly fascinating. Part of the allure is that the songs of Aaron Chapman and John Bowers—the cosmic troubadours and longtime best friends behind Nurses—are in a constant state of motion, as if they’re evolving while you listen. Perhaps it’s no surprise, since Chapman and Bowers themselves have spent the past five years in a state of transience, as friendly nomads who gave up the comforts of normalcy for the deeper satisfaction of total devotion to making music. If the two aren’t rambling in their own sonic imaginations, they’re not satisfied.
Luckily for Portland, Ore., they settled down there for a while and unpacked their exhilarating playfulness in the attic of a Victorian house. It was in their attic fort that they recorded much of Apple’s Acre. Now that the pair call Portland home, they have expanded to a trio and are joined by percussionist and visual artist James Mitchell.
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Shoutbox
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IAmMyOwnDamnGod wrote:
dig it. technicolor is the raddest.
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cnnorris wrote:
sad that the rest of their tour is cancelled, i was going to see them next friday.
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hysiara wrote:
yeah I know.. February 11 - warsaw. I'll be there ;)
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besodeplata wrote:
creo que me llevaron a lugares desconocidos por primera vez en mi vida con una sola canción...
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PapaParleone wrote:
Wow!
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czakson69lukes wrote:
Hysiara - they will be in poland
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hysiara wrote:
genius... it would be NICE to see them live ;)
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thekallieshow wrote:
follow up: these guys kill it live. KILL IT!!!
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thekallieshow wrote:
saw these guys last year with maps & atlases and they were really chill & awesome live. apple's acre is a rad album and i can't wait to see them again, next week! yeehaw
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iamsofly wrote:
i'm in love with these mountain men!!!
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noitseuq5 wrote:
i didnt know they had an older album, i downloaded it and its also great
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pritikina wrote:
I really really gig these guys. They fit my personality to a tee. I love Lita and Technicolor.
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pondramones wrote:
<3
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justaglitch wrote:
my habit on the way to my 7 am class. so, good.
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noitseuq5 wrote:
i love them
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Blvd_Nights wrote:
"Apple's Acre" is an incredble gem of a record. I love these guys. They're putting on a free show at St. Louis University, how awesome is that?
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shakeen wrote:
prettygood
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cnnorris wrote:
i love this so much. someone told me to listen to this band like a year ago and i didn't check them out until last week. what a mistake on my part.
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Deetzz wrote:
Really fucking good
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avantgardening wrote:
heard their live set on kexp, totally won me over.
Videos
Events
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Feb
11
Nurses
Café Kulturalna, Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
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Feb
12
Nurses
Forty, Kraków, Poland
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| 14 attendees
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Feb
19
Nurses
1.Stock | Walzwerkareal, Walzwerk zu Basel | Münchenstein, Basel, Switzerland
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| 3 attendees
News
NOVEMBER SHOWS WITH LE LOUP CANCELLED
26 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/nurses
Hey everybody!~We're super bummed to have to do this, but due to some medical issues we're not going to be able to continue the really awesome tour with le loup. …
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27 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/nurses
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Recent Activity
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morkymagic, electricharge, Timmy2Step and 8 other people added Nurses to their libraries. 5 hours ago
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parfy66 tagged Nurses with ‘medicinal’. Tuesday afternoon
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Elkeringhausen tagged Nurses with daytrotter, experimental and indie. Tuesday afternoon
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heap wrote about Nurses in Mixologie Mixtape: No. 02. 17 days ago
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irishcatalina added Nurses to irishcatalina’s library. 17 days ago
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Avantgardian tagged Nurses with ‘stuff to get’. 18 days ago
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Mixologie Mixtape: No. 02
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10 Aug 2009 | Add comment
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