For Immediate Release

REVERED INDIE ROCK BAND THE APPLES IN STEREO

RETURN WITH FIRST NEW ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS

NEW MAGNETIC WONDER TO BE INAUGURAL RELEASE

ON ELIJAH WOODπS NEWLABEL, SIMIAN RECORDS

New Magnetic Wonder Released on February 7

Los Angeles, CA – September 19, 2006 – Celebrated indie rock band The Apples in Stereo have been signed to a new label and will release their first album in five years, the pop triumph New Magnetic Wonder. Scheduled for release on February 7th, New Magnetic Wonder marks the debut album to be distributed on Elijah Woodπs newly formed Simian Records (co-released and distributed via Yep Roc Records/Elephant 6/Redeye Distribution).

Apples lead singer Robert Schneider met Wood at SXSW music festival in Austin, TX in 2003. As fate would have it, the Apples, who recently departed from their long-time label spinART, were looking for a new label at exactly the same time Wood was launching Simian Records.

≥I've been a fan of the Apples for years,≤ said Elijah Wood. ≥Iπm truly honored and excited that New Magnetic Wonder will be Simian Records first release.≤

New Magnetic Wonder is an ambitious LP clocking in at 53 minutes containing 14 songs and 12 additional musical segue-ways (or 'link tracks' as Schneider refers to them). The album features an array of special guests including many members of the Elephant 6 collective. Sticking with their indie-rock pedigree the Apples sought the production skills of acclaimed engineer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Sebadoh, Phish, Sean Lennon) who mixed their last record ≥Velocity of Sound.≤

Recorded in five cities (Brooklyn, NY; Lexington, NY; Denver, CO; Athens, GA; and Benton, KY) over 12 months, the recording and completion of New Magnetic Wonder spanned great change within the band (which includes bass player Eric Allen and guitarist John Hill). New Magnetic Wonder led Schneider through a labyrinth of new directions, including the recent departure of the band's longtime drummer and second vocalist, Hilarie Sidney, to focus on her own band The High Water Marks, as well as Schneiderπs invention of a new musical scale.

The ≥Non-Pythagorean Scale≤ will be featured on an enhanced portion of this multimedia CD release, which includes digital files for MIDI usage and an in-depth description by Schneider of the Non-Pythagorean scale in both document and video form.

New Magnetic Wonder contains such fist pumping anthems as ≥Can You Feel It?,≤ the 70πs AM radio-esque ≥Same Old Drag,≤ the slice of infectious vocoder heaven ≥Joanie Donπt U Worry≤ (a ålink trackπ throwback to the åComputer Loveπ of the late 80s/early 90s), and the Mellotron majesty of ≥Energy.≤ This is perfect music for Jeff Lynne and Brian Wilson to make-out to.

However, this is a mere fraction of New Magnetic Wonderπs pop conquest!

National and regional tour dates for the Apples in Stereo will be announced shortly.

Track Listing:

SIDE 1

1. Can You Feel It?

2. Skyway

3. Mellotron 1

4. Energy

5. Same Old Drag

6. Joanie Don't U Worry

7. Sunndal Song**

8. Droplet

9. Play Tough

10. Sun is Out

11. Non-Pythagorean Composition 1

SIDE 2

12. Hello Lola

13. 7 Stars

14. Mellotron 2

15. Sunday Sounds**

16. Open Eyes

17. Crimson

18. Pre-Crimson

19. Vocoder Ba Ba

20. Radiation

21. Beautiful Machine Parts 1-2

22. Beautiful Machine Parts 3-4

23. My Pretend

24. Non-Pythagorean Composition 3

**Composed by Hilarie Sidney

For more information on The Apples in Stereo, please contact:

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Allison Elbl

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Email:›aelbl@id-pr.com

Please also visit www.yeproc.com and www.applesinstereo.com