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Originally coming together as December's Tragic Drive in Southern California, the band spent a year playing live and rehearsing together before deciding that the East Coast would be more receptive to their brand of eloquent, emotional indie rock. As a group, they signed to New York City's Deep Elm Records before relocating to North Carolina, where they recorded and released their debut album “The End Of The Ring Wars”. The record was hugely acclaimed by most who heard it, although it was derided as derivative of other bands by some. Either way, it wasn't enough to keep drummer Louie Ruiz in the fold, who left the band shortly before singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci, bassist Jason Wickersheim and guitarist Aaron Pillar relocated full-time to Lawrence, Kansas.
After picking up a new drummer in the form of Josh “Cobra” Baruth, the band's next four albums were a damning response to everyone who had written them off as Braid or Sunny Day Real Estate copyists earlier in their career. “Mare Vitalis”, “Low Level Owl” volumes one and two, and then “Two Conversations” were diverse, complex albums informed by electronica and post-rock as much as they were informed by Mineral, but the band continued to have line-up issues the whole time. In 2004 the band went on a year-long hiatus, returning to release their sixth album “Peregrine” in March 2006. Ever since then, the band has continued to be lead by their sole constant member Crisci, releasing albums that are just as acclaimed as the ones that came before it, and playing live shows that just get better with age. For that, The Appleseed Cast are a band that come highly recommended.
Críticas en vivo
When I stumbled across "Hello Dearest Love" and "Steps and Numbers" a couple of years ago, I was itching for the opportunity to see The Appleseed Cast play a show. Oh my was it worth the wait. A small band that plays with a big heart, this is entirely reflected in their shows. Playing to a packed out Birthdays in London, you can see that the passionate front man that is Chris Crisci means every word as his quiet but assured vocals weave between their gentle but giant riffs and enigmatic timings as they fill the room to near bursting point. They hypnotise you with each and every note, pulling you from a slow groove to having more energy than you know what to do with. Definitely time which songs you want to have your drink in your hand for, otherwise those around you might not share your same enthusiasm for expressing yourself. As The Appleseed Cast have been exciting people’s ears since the late 90’s, they have quite the repertoire to pull from. When I saw them it was not long after the release of the powerful album “Illumination Ritual”, but they still squeezed in a couple of oldies with “Steps and Numbers”, “Fishing The Sky” and “As The Little Things Go” drawing cries, nostalgia and elation from the whole room.
Take your friends, take a deep breath and let The Appleseed Casts own unique post-rock wave wash over you.
Blitzace87
Appleseed Cast was great, they are touring with Cursive and MewithoutYou. I went to the show to see Cursive and was pleasantly surprised by Appleseed Cast, would definitely see them again. Talented musicians with a lot of energy.
candace-brown-8
