The History of Apple Pie share new song ‘Tug’
Yes, I know what you’re thinking, I thought it too, but you’re wrong.
The thing with The History of Apple Pie is that we’ve already half-judged them before you’ve even listened to the music because of their simply nauseating name. The truth is, though, they’re fucking good.
Tug is the first track taken from the band’s debut full-length album, Out Of View, which was self-produced by guitarist Jerome Watson with a touch of musical quirk and guitar class from Joshua Third of The Horrors.
I must admit, I watched The History of Apple Pie about this time last year in Leeds, and I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. I mean, the shoegaze resurgence thing is very much on trend but at the time, I didn’t really believe it, I found myself watching Stephanie Min thinking, ‘She’s really interesting, but is it good enough?’
Looking back, I lament those imprudent thoughts and tip my cap to the London-based five-piece. The band and the songwriting combination of Stephanie Min and Jerome Watson have matured. To watch, Min is as captivating as the likes of Thom Yorke to whom she inspires to replicate.
So often mentioned in the same breath as London compatriots Yuck, both sharing the appetite for ’90s grunge with a sprinkling of shoegaze psychedelia. The History of Apple Pie will be keen I’m sure to shake off this affiliation to forge their own sound, something Out Of View is destined to do.
Stream the new single below.
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