The Apache Relay - American Nomad [Indie Rock]

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<P>&nbsp; Artist:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Apache Relay<BR>&nbsp; Album:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; American Nomad<BR>&nbsp; Label:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nomadic Recordings<BR>&nbsp; Playtime:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 40:07 min<BR>&nbsp; Genre:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indie<BR>&nbsp; URL:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A href="http://www.facebook.com/theapacherelay">http://www.facebook.com/theapacherelay</A><BR>&nbsp; Rip date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2011-04-08<BR>&nbsp; Street date: 2011-04-12<BR>&nbsp; Size:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 55.25 MB<BR>&nbsp; Type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Normal<BR>&nbsp; Quality:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 182 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo</P>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; The Apache Relay takes more long car rides than most bands. But only a<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; portion of their car time is dedicated to their touring schedule ?the rest<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; is something like driving in the middle of the night from Nashville to<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; Alabama and back, just to listen to a new record 12 consecutive times.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; Despite their wagon抯 sketchy brakes, this happens a lot. It抯 where the<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; indie-roots band discovered a shared love for the timelessness of Motown<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; records, the weight of Springsteen抯 Nebraska, the textures of modern rock<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; bands, as well as the intensity of really skilled acoustic players.</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; It抯 also where they cemented their bond, spontaneously forming the band<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; after just one gig at Belmont University. Now, just over two years later, The<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; Apache Relay is releasing their second album, American Nomad, a modern and<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; young roots-rock collection produced by Nielson Hubbard. Their debut 1988,<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; was released in 2009, produced by Doug Williams best known for his<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; authentically raw approach with the Avett Brothers. The record cracked the<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; door to reveal the band抯 capabilities, and Paste Magazine named it an<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; 揂uspicious Debut?and highlighted the band as 揃est of What抯 Next.?</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; Since then, they抳e continued solid and non-stop touring, securing a fervent<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; fanbase for their jumping-up-and-down energetic shows. 揚ower Hungry Animals?<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; is one song culled from that energy and growth as musicians. 揟he lyrics are<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; a bit harsh in that it抯 a response to my first trials with music industry<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; politics and coming to terms with the idea that control is just an illusion,?<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; says Michael Ford Jr. 揃ut there is an element of freedom and joy in that<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; awareness and the music reflects that.?</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; Indeed, the song抯 refrain 搒ouls cannot be fooled,?is driven at first by<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; separate layers, then swelling together into a flood of sound with Kellen<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; Wenrich抯 fiddle almost indistinguishable from Mike Harris?(insert electric<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; guitar name here) and Brett Moore抯 keys. It抯 the essence of Apache Relay抯<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; own wall of sound ?culled from different instruments, voices and approaches.</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; Ford Jr. found his bandmates by chance in a dorm in Nashville, where he was<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; becoming known for his songwriting. His first introduction was to guitarist<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; Mike Harris, who circumvented the music school抯 practice hour rules pretty<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; much any time he wanted. Harris would roll his amp into Ford Jr.抯 room to<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; jam on Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn tunes into the night. Later, when Ford<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jr. started disliking performing his songs alone, he heard about Harris?new<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; band, The Apache Relay (named for the underdog race in Ben Stiller抯<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; Heavyweights). And though Ford Jr. had never heard or met the trio with Moore<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; and Wenrich ?he hired them to back him at a show, and all four musicians<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; knew they had started something special.</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; There was something about the talent and chemistry that everyone brought to<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; the table that just worked right off the bat. Mixed in is a Bad Brains bumper<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; sticker, a bit of Suzuki training, jazz lessons, a lot of Beatles listening,<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; knowledge of traditional mountain music, a worship of Phil Spector and the<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; love for the complex but accessible layers of bands like the Arcade Fire.</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; As a lyricist, Michael Ford Jr. has an unvarnished way of presenting the joy<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; of infatuation or the sadness of loss. It抯 youthful in a way, in that it<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; grasps of deeper emotions before time starts making them more complex and<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; overwrought. But the songs are transformed by his bandmates, as with the<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; title track, a pop-influenced melding of the electric and acoustic into an<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; infectious momentum. 揟he song was originally written as ballad, but when I<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; played it for the guys and they gave it a new life by speeding up the tempo<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; and it quickly became the backbone and a favorite at our shows.?</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; 揌ome Is Not Places?is another highlight and perhaps a companion song,<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; brimming over with space-filling sounds, tempo changes and a robust chorus of<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; 15 friends in the studio. 揑t抯 a song that that battles the feelings of<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; isolation and homesickness while touring. It抯 the idea home can be found in<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; a community not a physical place.?<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; The one song he didn抰 pen for American Nomad is Springsteen抯 揝tate<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; Trooper,?a song that became a linchpin for the band. 揥e all were influenced<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; by Nebraska, and we played the song out of necessity in the very beginning<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; because we didn抰 have enough material to fill the set,?says Ford Jr.</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; The indie stalwart Thirty Tigers will release American Nomad nationally on<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; April 12th, 2011. The Apache Relay will extensively tour in support of the<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; album, playing festivals and clubs across the country with planned stops at<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; SXSW and more.</P>
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<P>&nbsp; 01. Can't Wake Up&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 4:30)<BR>&nbsp; 02. Power Hungry Animals&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 2:51)<BR>&nbsp; 03. Sets Me Free&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 3:32)<BR>&nbsp; 04. Mission Bells&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 4:16)<BR>&nbsp; 05. State Trooper&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 3:35)<BR>&nbsp; 06. Lost Kid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 2:48)<BR>&nbsp; 07. Watering Hole&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 3:49)<BR>&nbsp; 08. American Nomad&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 3:39)<BR>&nbsp; 09. When I Come Home&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 3:17)<BR>&nbsp; 10. Home Is Not Places&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 3:20)<BR>&nbsp; 11. Some People Change&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ( 4:30)</P>
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