Apothecary Hymns
track list
| 1 Abandoned Factories (mp3) | 5:43 |
| 2 The Father Stimmel | 4:58 |
| 3 The Marigold Stimmel | 4:15 |
| 4 The Human Abstract | 2:45 |
| 5 Watching the Bay | 3:27 |
| 6 (A Sailor Song) | 4:44 |
| 7 The Conclusion, In Which Nothing Is Concluded | 2:46 |
| 8 All True Love Is Happiness (mp3) | 2:49 |
| 9 In the Icy Beds | 4:30 |
Apothecary Hymns is the project of Brooklyn based multi instrumentalist Alex Stimmel. Formerly a member of bay area Americana act The Court & Spark, Stimmel launched his Apothecary project in the early 2000s after heading back east & returning to his home state of New York.
The apoth sound is a mix of heavily lysergic jam based psych music and drifter folk rock. He plays around New York & the outer borroughs both solo and with a cast of very capable longhairs. In one review, Stimmel was likened to a high school teacher leading a madcap crew of kids through a mesmerizing battle of the bands. If only the writer knew how right he was. Stimmel is a teacher in the public school system where he gets plenty of self defense training which, in turn, does wonders for his guitar chops.
Alex Stimmel, 6 & 12 string guitars, banjo,bass, drums, wurlitzer, analog synth, organ, flute, recorder, kalimba (African finger piano), autoharp, glockenspiel, voice, tape manipulation