Tidal Wave (EP)
Tidal Wave 7" is the debut release by the Apples. The EP, released in 1993, was the first official release under the Elephant 6 Recording Co. label.
The EP's six tracks were later re-released on 1996 compilation album Science Faire, after the release of the band's debut full-length LP Fun Trick Noisemaker.
800 copies of the album were pressed; 500 on green vinyl, 300 on black. 50 of the green vinyl copies were released with full color xerox covers.
The band's earliest material, it is also the most roughly recorded, produced on four-track cassette by Apples band-leader Robert Schneider. The first Elephant 6 Recording Co. catalog lists the EP as, "Dense, chiming classic pop. Layered with guitars and soaked in fuzz...." Guitarist Chris Parfitt would later describe it as "quirky lo-fi pop... with big fuzz/noise guitar atop."
Track listing
All tracks written by Robert Schneider except where noted.Side One
'''Side Two'''
Personnel
Performance
- Chris Parfitt – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Jim McIntyre – bass guitar
- Hilarie Sidney – drums
- Robert Schneider – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, keyboards, melodica
- W. Cullen Hart – backing vocals