Album Notes

Gifted Children Records is very proud to present 'Guarding The Golden Apple,' the debut album from The Moon Upstairs. Epic in its nature, with uncanny aggressiveness, infectious pop hooks, haunting harmonies, and assorted baroque psychedelic sounds, this varied collection of songs takes you back to the days of orchestration and the carefully crafted song work of such bands as THE LEFT BANKE, GEORGE HARRISON, NEIL YOUNG and PINK FLOYD. Equal parts beautiful and gritty, this classic psychedelic rock-pop masterpiece was brought to you by the multi-instrumentalist members of The Moon Upstairs. The core guitar, bass, drums, and piano, heightened with a variety of instruments including everything from the celeste, trombone, vibraphone, to a gutted piano… and that's the short list. In a day of false scenes and computer engineered tunes, The Moon Upstairs prove themselves to be a "a real band, not some sort of theme park dress-up act," as DREAM MAGAZINE's George Parsons put it. With their own distinctive style of apocalyptic, yet deeply personal sound, a sense of real love and respect for the word "song" can be found in each track.