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Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies

About Me

!!NEWS!!
"Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies" CD NOW AVAILABLE
Two years in the making, Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies is Apple Orchard's debut cd. Devised, conceptualized, manipulated, soaked in reverb and realized by brothers Ryan and Dale Marquez, the album, released on the band's own label, Haymarket Recordings, is an assemblage of twelve of the most pensive, melancholic pop tunes the duo has ever written and recorded. Compared to the minimalist lo-fi bedroom pop of the band's early releases, the duo has expanded their sound in Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies as the songs are drenched with layers upon layers of dreamy keyboards and luminous guitars. With song titles like "Weather Patterns" and "Midnight Stars And Kisses", it's an imperfect soundtrack for the lovelorn, the heartsick and the aimless wanderers.
Tracklist: “Unfazed”, “Weather Patterns”, “Harsh”, “The Comforts Of Strangers”, “Rain, As We Know It”, “Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies”, “A Fine Warning”, “I Can’t Feel Sorry”, “Dreaming (As The Summer Fades)”, “The Saddest, Perfect Ending”, “Midnight Stars And Kisses” and “The Cloud Fleets”.
© 2008 Haymarket Recordings
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Originally from Manila, Philippines and now based in California, Apple Orchard is composed of brothers Ryan and Dale. While strumming guitars, toying around a casiotone and recording in the bedroom were listed tops on their not-so-countless hobbies, Apple Orchard draws up gentle pop songs and sings about lost and found love, summertime and loveletters.

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Member Since: 11/2/2004
Band Website: appleorchardpop.com
Band Members: Ryan Marquez - guitars, vocals, programming, bass.
Dale Marquez - keyboards, bass, guitars, loops.
Influences: the sugargliders, bouquet, brighter, the field mice, harper lee, trembling blue stars, hopkirk and lee, trashcan sinatras, blueboy, northern picture library, ride, galaxie 500, clock strikes thirteen, marine time keepers, sweet william, red house painters, the sea and cake.
Record Label: humblebee, haymarket, best kept secret, cloudberry
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Song: A Month of Spring

We finally finished mixing the song "A Month Of Spring". This has been canned for a couple of months now. Have a listen!Get a free download link of the song when you purchase our cd :-)Cheers,Apple Or...
Posted by apple orchard on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:58:00 PST

Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies reviews!

Apple Orchard - Half Steps Toward Bright Skies (Haymarket Recordings)Wow what a magnificent album of hushed epic proportions. I have waited for this album for quite some time and am quite ecstatic to ...
Posted by apple orchard on Sat, 10 May 2008 06:15:00 PST

Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies now available from Vollwert

Hello everyone,Our cd, Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies is now available from Vollwert Records in Germany.It can also be purchased from Apple Crumble in Japan and Fraction Discs in Sweden, and will be s...
Posted by apple orchard on Wed, 14 May 2008 07:46:00 PST

Apple Orchard CD now on Apple Crumble (Japan)

"Half-steps Toward Bright Skies" is now available in Apple Crumble in Japan.Apple Crumble websitealso in:Fraction Discs in Sweden______________________________________________________ ________________T...
Posted by apple orchard on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:56:00 PST

Half-Steps Toward Bright Skies CD out soon!

After discussing different variations of the cover art (which took us about a year!), we sent the album for pressing and finally got the cds a few days ago. Lovely sleeve design by our friend Jean-Lou...
Posted by apple orchard on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:25:00 PST

Album

We've been recording since early 2006. Looks like now, we have a handful (two hands, actually) of songs to make an album. We've been talking about it and yes, we will release those songs so...
Posted by apple orchard on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:22:00 PST

A Hiding Smile 7"

Hi, Our first 7" single is finally out on Humblebee Recordings. Check out their other fine releases while you're at it.
Posted by apple orchard on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:07:00 PST