![]() Sweet Apple recorded Love & Desperation in Cleveland and Massachusetts with Sonic Youth vet John Agnello and Don Depew, who worked with GBV Pitchfork recently posted the single “Do You Remember” (download below). It’s one of the weirdest things I’ve experienced playing in bands.” Mascis adds: “I tell people I that I saved John’s live by starting this band. According to Parnin, “Out of the blue, we had an album full of catchy tunes. And drove and drove and drove and drove”), then started rehearsing them with Cobra Verde bandmate Parnin. Petkovic wrote four new songs on the way home (including “I Can’t See You,” featuring the refrain, “I drove and drove and drove and drove. Sweetapple then asked the nearby Mascis to come over, and they started writing songs together. Joining Mascis are Cobra Verde bandmates John Petkovic (vocals/guitar), who also played in Guided By Voices for a spell, and Tim Parnin (guitar), as well as Witch bassist Dave Sweetapple (get it?).Īccording to the band’s bio, Sweet Apple was formed in the wake of Petkovic’s mother’s death the Cleveland musician/journalist was driving aimlessly cross-country when he got a call from Sweetapple, who invited him to his Vermont home. Like Mascis’ Witch side project, Sweet Apple also finds the rocker behind the drum kit, although he also plays guitar and sings this time around. ![]() Dinosaur Jr guitar slinger J Mascis has teamed up with two members of Cobra Verde and one of his Witch bandmates for a new project: Sweet Apple, which delivers its 12-track debut album, Love & Desperation, on April 20, and is expected to tour later this year. ![]()
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