Apex Manor

Apex Manor – Official Website

http://www.apexmanor.com/
Apex Manor - MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/apexmanor
Apex Manor – Merge Records
http://www.mergerecords.com/artists/apex%20manor
Apex Manor - Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Apex-Manor/156790344359888
Apex Manor - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apex_Manor
Videos!
Apex Manor - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/ApexManor
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Apex Manor – Official Store
http://www.mergerecords.com/store/store_search.php?band_id=227
Apex Manor - iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/apex-manor/id407801255
Apex Manor – Last FM
http://www.last.fm/music/Apex+Manor

BIO: Apex Manor

Apex Manor is an American Indie Rock Band, formed in Pasadena, California in 2010.

Ross Flournoy of The Broken West wrote the band's first songs during an online songwriting contest at NPR. Their debut LP, The Year of Magical Drinking, was released on January 25, 2011 on Merge records.

Ross Flournoy founded Apex Manor after the 2009 demise of The Broken West. Named after his Los Angeles “Zen Place”, Apex Manor was the idyllic apartment of his close friend and long-time collaborator Adam Vine.

Having relocated from the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles to Pasadena, Flournoy was enjoying suburban tranquility, but his car wouldn’t start and he found himself isolated. He whiled away the days cleaning the house, sitting on the porch, and splitting tallboys with the gardeners who worked nearby. And battling a case of writer’s block.

Enter an unlikely source of inspiration: an online song writing contest. NPR’s Monitor Mix was soliciting original songs from readers, giving the prospective songwriter one weekend to write, record, and submit. Flournoy decided to give it a go and set about writing and recording at home. At least he would be doing something with his time. The song, Under the Gun, turned out to be about the process itself.

Now feeling inspired for the first time in months, Flournoy began writing at a feverish clip, penning more than 25 songs, nearly a third of which were co-written by Adam Vine. Flournoy then teamed up with former Broken West band mate Brian Whelan to record some proper demos, and Apex Manor was born.

The Year of Magical Drinking was recorded at three different studios around LA and was produced by Dan Long (Film School, Local Natives) and Brian Whelan.

Contacts!

Management: Christopher Moon chris@anhedoniamgmt.com
Press: Christina Rentz Christina@mergerecords.com
Booking: Kevin French kfrench@paradigmagency.com
Licensing: Lyle Hysen lyle@bankrobbermusic.com
Band: apexmanor@gmail.com