The Apples in Stereo hit warp speed with the band’s latest effort, Travellers in Space and Time. Now the release is literally bouncing off satellites in space. Want to come along for the ride, cosmonaut? Then suit up, virtually speaking, and you could win some free music.
Travellers in Space and Time is rocking well past Earth’s atmosphere, thanks to Universe Broadcasting Corporation and Globecomm Systems’ Umail technology, which uplinks music and messages from the internet into the great beyond using an array of satellites.
Just punch up your Umail to the void, enter the coupon code “travellers,” hit the send button, and your words will soon be careening through space and time like The Apples in Stereo’s Electric Light Orchestra-style digital pop sonics. Instant sonic spacewalk.
Sending your Umail message automatically enters you into a contest to win a free copy of Future Vintage: Covers of The Apples in Stereo, featuring revisions of the band’s tunes recorded by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Throw Me the Statue and more.
LISTEN: “Hey Elevator” by The Apples in Stereo
If you’re partial to the real thing, check out The Apples in Stereo’s free Saturday show at New York’s South Street Seaport Music Festival, where the band will be accompanied by members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra and The Brooklyn Youth Chorus (and followed by a fireworks show launched off four barges on the East River).
The Umail campaign is just the latest salvo in Apples in Stereo brainiac Robert Schneider’s bid to become the geek king of pop music. It’s a worthy outing for an artist that has so far helped found the Elephant Six collective, invented a non-Pythagorean musical scale and churned out fun concept albums. Now in space, it seems, everyone can hear his catchy screams.
Image courtesy Adam Cantor
Q&A: Geeking Out With The Apples in Stereo’s Robert Schneider
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