The Golden Apples of the Sun (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Golden Apples of the Sun
Type = Compilation
Artist = Various Artists

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Released = April 01, 2004
Recorded =
Genre = New folkcite news
url = http://altmusic.about.com/od/genresstyles/p/new_folk.htm
title = What Is New Folk? A Genre Profile
author = Michael Keefe
work = About.com
date =
accessdate = 2008-07-7 ]
Length = 72:22
Label = Bastet
Producer =
Reviews =
* Pitchfork (8.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15295/Devendra_Banhart_Golden_Apples_of_the_Sun_compilation link]

"The Golden Apples of the Sun" is a limited edition compilation of contemporary folk music curated by freak-folk musician Devendra Banhart for the art magazine "Arthur Magazine". The title comes from a Ray Bradbury short story (which is itself taken from a line in the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats). It collected 20 songs performed by recent underground folk and psychedelic artists and has since become considered the definitive compilation of what some have dubbed the New Weird America movement. It also featured artwork by Banhart himself.

Track listing

# Vetiver (with Hope Sandoval) – "Angel's Share"
# Joanna Newsom – "Bridges And Balloons"
# Six Organs of Admittance – "Hazy SF"
# Viking Moses! – "Crosses"
# Josephine Foster – "Little Life"
# Espers – "Byss & Abyss"
# Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart – "Rejoicing In The Hands"
# Jana Hunter – "Farm, CA"
# Currituck Co – "The Tropics Of Cancer"
# White Magic – "Don't Need"
# Iron & Wine – "Fever Dream"
# Diane Cluck – "Heat From Every Corner"
# Matt Valentine – "Mountains of Yaffa"
# Entrance – "You Must Turn"
# Jack Rose – "White Mule"
# Little Wings – "Look At What The Light Did Now"
# Scout Niblett – "Wet Road"
# Troll – "Mexicana"
# CocoRosie – "Good Friday"
# Antony – "The Lake"

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