Apollo Up!

Apollo Up!
Origin Nashville, Tennessee
Genres Alternative rock, indie rock, indie, punk rock, pop punk, post-punk revival, post-hardcore
Years active 2002–2008
Labels Theory 8 Records
Associated acts ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Forget Cassettes, A Roman Scandal, Fair Verona, Eliza the Arrow, Lotushalo, Shiboleth, On Command, Schtucket
Members Jay Leo Phillips - Mike Shepherd - Jereme Frey

Apollo Up! is a post-punk or pop-punk[1] indie music band based in Nashville, Tennessee, chronologically aligned with the post-punk revival of the early 21st century. Billboard.com describes the band as post-hardcore: "cerebral but impassioned," with tricky song structures and unexpected dynamic shifts. Their sound has been compared to Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and Fugazi.[2]

Singer/guitarist Jay Leo Phillips, bassist Mike Shepherd, and drummer Jereme Frey, each former or ongoing members of local bands Lotushalo, Shiboleth, On Command, and Forget Cassettes, formed the band in late 2002. Their debut album, Light the End and Burn It Through, was released by indie label Theory 8 Records in January 2004.

Phillips divided his activities between Apollo Up! and dream pop trio Forget Cassettes, touring with both bands and working on the latter's second album, Salt, before concentrating on Apollo's second release, Chariots of Fire in June 2006.[2] The group continued to gig locally and toured, playing, among other venues, at Cincinnati's Desdemona Festival[3] in 2006.[4] The band released a 5-song EP, Walking Papers, in 2008.

References

  1. ↑ "Apollo Up! - Chariots of Fire". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Apollo Up! Music News & Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  3. ↑ "Apollo Up! – Desdemona Feature". Each Note Secure. 2006-06-01. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  4. ↑ "Desdemona Festival at Sawyer Point (Cincinnati, OH) on 23 Jun 2006 –". Last.fm. 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2012-07-19.

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