Nurses
Apple's Acre

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‘Apple’s Acre’ is an album of songs where the vulnerability of pop with its
heart on its sleeve engages in a double-dutch jump-rope match with the
euphoric surrender-to-the-weird that is essential to psychedelia.

And Nurses is a band that scavenges beauty and wonder, uncovering Technicolor
where others see somber hues. Their off-kilter psych-pop is driven by ever-swelling
vocal harmonies, adventurous electronics, some serious wheelin’ and dealin’ on the
Rhodes piano, and the kind of new-primitivist percussion that may or may not
involve a standard drum kit.

An encyclopedic list of musical influences and sound-alikes won’t necessarily cozy up
your brain to the Nurses experience. Their compositions revel in the unexpected, and
it creates music that’s endlessly fascinating. Part of the allure is that the songs of
Aaron Chapman and John Bowers — the cosmic troubadours and longtime best
friends behind Nurses—are in a constant state of motion, as if they’re evolving while
you listen. Perhaps it’s no surprise, since Chapman and Bowers themselves have
spent the past five years in a state of transience, as friendly nomads who gave up
the comforts of normalcy for the deeper satisfaction of total devotion to making
music. If the two aren’t rambling in their own sonic imaginations, they’re not
satisfied.

Luckily for Portland Oregon, they settled down there for a while and unpacked their
exhilarating playfulness in the attic of a Victorian house. It was in their attic fort that
they recorded much of ‘Apple’s Acre’. Now that the pair call Portland home, they
have expanded to a trio and are joined by percussionist and visual artist
James Mitchell.

‘Apple’s Acre’ is a record full of dysfunctional, hushed love, laced with elegance and
grace and without angst and regret. But the plain courage of their songs is the
secret ingredient that’s already turning heads and blowing minds all over the
Northwest — and if you think about it, in pop music, courage is always at a
premium.


Tracklisting:

Technicolor * Mile After Mile * Caterpillar Playground *
Manatarms * Apple’s Acre * Bright Ideas * What Then *
Winter * Lita * Orange Cymbals