"The group’s music was so good that at times it was hard to differentiate their original stuff from the standards, and songs included folk, funk, a cappella, gospel and rock components." The LAist
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Apollo Run can reference Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits, and Arthur Lee in the same refrain, while throwing in some blues for good measure. They have a sound that brings to mind not only the great music of the past, but also the infectious sound represented by more recent acts as varying as Beirut, Gogol Bordello, Muse, and Sufjan Stevens. Apollo Run is a music hall chameleon. Their sound—a haunting piano, urgent guitars, and, on top, McGrew’s tenor, at times both innocent and corrupted, matched seamlessly by the harmonies provided by both Fisk and Kerestes—can mimic the grieving tempo of a New Orleans funeral march, flutter sweetly like a stroll down a country lane, or drive to the beat of a thousand angry voices.

John McGrewLead vocals, piano, guitar, trumpet
Jeff KerestesBass, guitar, backing vocals
Graham FiskDrums, backing vocals

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