Apollo Sunshine

Boston's Apollo Sunshine has been likened to the Flaming Lips, the Elephant 6 collective, the Kinks, Queen, They Might Be Giants, and Beck. None of these bands really sound alike, so which one really describes Apollo's sound? The answer is all of them, and none. While Apollo Sunshine's music may be remniscent of any of these bands at any given moment, the strength of their debut album, Katonah, lies in a sound that is very much their own.

Apollo Sunshine is a trio: Jesse Gallagher (vocals, bass, keyboards), Sam Cohen (guitar, vocals, pedal steel), and Jeremy Black (drums/percussion), who met while attending college in Boston and are now in their early 20s. Katonah was recorded (with the help of their former college professor Andy Edelstein) after a year of playing shows in the Boston area (including a residency at TT the Bear's) and on the East Coast (Macrock in VA, and opening for the likes of Piebald, the French Kicks, Mink Lungs, the Mooney Suzuki, and Sahara Hotnights.) The album is an epic of sorts, a bizarre pop opera that takes the framework of simple, straightforward rock songs and expands it into a kaleidoscope of sound.