Surrendering themselves to the collective head-space and transformative alchemy of Apollo Sunshine and with help from their friend and co-producer, Quentin Stoltzfus (Mazarin), Shall Noise Upon is an illumination of love in a world of "dangers"- real and false. The CinemaScopic arrangements on the album couldn’t have been realized without recruiting a parade of musical friends including: Drug Rug, Edan, Tulsa, Viva Viva, and White Flight. The result is a timely collage of lush instrumentation: drawn from home-made samples and field-recordings to singing bowls and jaw harp. The sounds on Shall Noise Upon come together in an impressionist tour of electrified music.
Album-openers "Breeze" and "Singing To The Earth (To Thank Her For You)", are love-poems to nature and longing, weaving the emotional connection to the world and to each other as one magnetic force, while building and bursting to the sound of cascading autoharp and drippy pedal-steel. "666: The Coming Of The New World Government" likens America today to the fall of Rome around anthemic psych guitar scrawl, propellant percussion, and winding vocal harmonies. "Brotherhood Of Death" is a brain-buster from the apocalypse that tells the hallucinatory tale of a man intoxicated by greed and power; followed by "Happiness", a gorgeous, expansive instrumental, which sounds like an orchestra conducted by Ray Davies.
The band is already recreating the depth of these new studio recordings live. That may seem hard to pull off, but for anyone who's ever seen Apollo Sunshine, maniacally switching instruments, producing an extra-terrestrial sea of tones, this is where they shine the brightest. Over the last few years they've toured with Apples In Stereo, Dr. Dog, and They Might Be Giants, Toots and the Maytals and performed at Bonnaroo, Langerado, and Sasquatch. This Fall they will touring all over the US and UK.
There is an impression you get from an amazing mix, where distinct parts add up to a unified feeling; and with each play, the range of sounds grow more connected to each other. It's these gifts, "albums" traded among friends that inspired Shall Noise Upon. It will have you believing in love, in a world both dangerous and beautiful.
EYES
Apollo Sunshine Lyrics
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Happen when we really see
Into each other's EYES, right?
So why is it we rarely find
The time to see each other
In the EYES?
What are we doing when
And why do we work so much?
I'll give you this, If you give
Me that There, that's all
We need.
The lyrics to Apollo Sunshine's song "Eyes" broach the subject of human relationships and the depth of our interactions. It highlights the importance of eye contact when having meaningful conversations or connections with others. The first two lines set the stage, suggesting that if we allow ourselves to look at someone with intent and purpose, there is potential for true magic to occur. Yet, despite this reality, the chances for connections made through eye contact are rare, and the song poses the question, why?
The second half of the first verse begins to address the societal pressures that remove us from being present with one another. The lyrics ask what we might be doing when we're seemingly not "doing each other." We live in a culture that thrives on being busy, which removes us from deep and meaningful engagements with each other. The chorus provides a counter to this, promising that if we are present in each other's company, with our eyes engaged, the connection we have is all that we need.
The third verse implies that we exchange things to gain what we want, but the song points out that the depth of our interactions is not quid pro quo, but instead, the meaningful eyesight engagement is all that is necessary for true human connections. "Eyes" is a multifaceted song about the nature of meaningful human connections and the importance of being present with one another. Truly, we need to shift our focus to engage with each other and to find strength in meaningful companionship.
Line by Line Meaning
Unexplainable things will
The nature of supremely moving events that will happen
Happen when we really see
Occurring when we truly glance at each other
Into each other's EYES, right?
Is it not accurate that it takes place when we fully look into one another's eyes?
So why is it we rarely find
Thus why do we only experience it seldomly?
The time to see each other
Having insufficient time to share this event with one another
In the EYES?
By staring into each other's eyes
What are we doing when
What actions are we undertaking whilst we aren't sharing these moments?
We're not doing each other,
When we are not emotionally/spiritually engaging with one another
And why do we work so much?
Furthermore, why do we place such an importance on material accomplishments?
I'll give you this, If you give
I am prepared to offer you this item, in exchange for
Me that There, that's all
That particular item is all that's necessary for what I have in mind
We need.
In order to invest in viewing each other in such a way.
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Jeremy Aaron Black, Jesse S Gallagher, Samuel Benjamin Cohen, Sean Thomas Aylward
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
KristyMel23
This song rocks, man!