Robert Schneider's Abacus

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Robert Schneider's Abacus

Published Friday, March 09, 2007 by Jeff | E-mail this post

Seamonster, a really amazing low-fi psych indie band out of Virginia, has just posted on their MySpace page a truly lovely ballad openly influenced by The Apples in Stereo, but completely unique in its own right. Lead singwriter Adrian Seamonster writes, "I had a dream a few weeks back in which Robert was showing me he'd figured out how to make music using an abacus. My guess is the dream is a result of reading one of those interviews where Robert talks about math, doubled with listening to New Magnetic Wonder a whole bunch while I was on tour." The result is "Robert Schneider's Abacus," and if you're only reading this, hop right over to their MySpace page and give it a listen. It's great, and Apples fans will particularly dig the last few seconds of the song. Seamonster released an EP last year and are currently prepping their first full-length, The Ascension of Archibald Balloonhead. More info on their official page.