Marbles (band)

Solo recording project of musician Robert Schneider

For the English duo, see The Marbles (duo).

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Marbles" band – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Marbles is the solo recording project of The Apples in Stereo singer and chief songwriter Robert Schneider. The project started out in 1993 when Schneider would record his various musical endeavors on cassette for various people he knew, but was somewhat abandoned as the Apples got off the ground. He would later compile some of the songs, many of which featuring backing vocals from Will Cullen Hart of The Olivia Tremor Control, and release them officially in 1997 as an album named Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites).

Schneider appeared to have largely abandoned the moniker by 2000, releasing sporadic singles and contributing to a compilation. This changed when spinART released the second Marbles full length, titled Expo in January 2005.[1] In November 2024, Schneider would return to compose under the Marbles name and produce the digital single New Emotion/Free From Grief.[2]

In concert, Marbles is one of the more disorienting of the Elephant 6 bands. Most recently, touring with Of Montreal, Schneider appeared as Marbles dressed in goggles and a sequin jacket, backed by cardboard cutouts of Darth Vader and a robot, adorned with fake instruments, and a CD player supplying all but his lead vocals.

## Discography

[edit]

### Albums

[edit]

* Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites) (CD/LP) - spinART \- 1997
* Expo (CD) - spinART - 2005

### Extended plays

[edit]

* Inverse Gazebo (Cassette Only) - Elephant Six \- 1993
* Warm Milk and Chocolate (Cassette Only) - Elephant Six - 1993
* I ♥ the Animals (Cassette Only) - Elephant Six - 1993
* Marbles (Cassette Only) - Elephant Six - 1993
* Secret World (Cassette Only) - Elephant Six - 1994
* Laughing (Cassette Only) - Elephant Six - 1994
* I Love The Summer Days (7") - Elephant Six - 1998
* Christmas With Marbles (7", Ltd) - Bi-Fi Records \- 2004

### Singles

[edit]

* Go Marilee/Grant Me The Day (7") - Elephant Six/The Bus Stop Label[3] \- 1997
* Dracula (7" split single with Casper And The Cookies) - Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records \- 2007[a]
* New Emotion / Free From Grief (Digital Release) - Elephant Six - 2024

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ Dracula was first recorded in 2005, and later published in 2007

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Apples in Stereo". Trouser Press.
2. ^ "Marbles Discogs Entry". Discogs.
3. ^ "The Bus Stop Label Discography". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2025.

## External links

[edit]

* Marbles at AllMusic

* v
* t
* e

The Apples in Stereo

* Robert Schneider
* John Hill
* Eric Allen
* John Dufilho
* John Ferguson

* Hilarie Sidney
* Chris McDuffie
* Jim McIntyre
* Chris Parfitt
* Bill Doss

Studio albums|

* Fun Trick Noisemaker
* Tone Soul Evolution
* Her Wallpaper Reverie
* The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
* Velocity of Sound
* New Magnetic Wonder
* Travellers in Space and Time

EPs|

* Tidal Wave
* Hypnotic Suggestion EP
* Look Away + 4
* Let's Go!

Compilations|

* Science Faire
* Sound Effects
* Electronic Projects for Musicians
* #1 Hits Explosion

Live albums|

* Live in Chicago

Related articles|

* Discography
* The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
* Pet Sounds Studio
* Simian Records
* Yep Roc Records
* spinART Records

Projects|

* Marbles
* Secret Square
* Ulysses
* Spaceflyte
* Air-sea Dolphin

* v
* t
* e

Elephant 6

Individuals|

* Madeline Adams
* Derek Almstead
* Jeremy Barnes
* Kevin Barnes
* Jill Carnes
* Laura Carter
* Bill Doss
* John Ferguson
* John Fernandes
* Nesey Gallons
* Will Cullen Hart
* John Hill
* Julian Koster
* Jeff Mangum
* Jim McIntyre
* Bryan Poole
* Robert Schneider
* Hilarie Sidney
* Scott Spillane

Bands/Solo projects|

* Air-Sea Dolphin
* the Apples in Stereo
* thee American Revolution
* Athens Tango Project
* Bablicon
* Beulah
* Black Swan Network
* the Brothers Chaps
* Calvin, Don't Jump!
* Casper & the Cookies
* Chocolate USA
* Circulatory System
* the Diminisher
* Dressy Bessy
* Echo Orbiter
* Elf Power
* the Essex Green
* Fablefactory
* the Gerbils
* Great Lakes
* a Hawk and a Hacksaw
* the High Water Marks
* Icy Demons
* the Instruments
* James Husband
* the Ladybug Transistor
* Major Organ and the Adding Machine
* Marbles
* Marshmallow Coast
* Midget and Hairs
* the Minders
* the Music Tapes
* Nana Grizol
* Neutral Milk Hotel
* of Montreal
* the Olivia Tremor Control
* Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't
* Secret Square
* Spaceflyte
* the Sunshine Fix
* Supercluster
* Ulysses
* Von Hemmling

Related articles|

* Cloud Recordings
* Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records
* Joyful Noise Recordings
* Orange Twin Records
* Pet Sounds Studio

Authority control databases: Artists |

* MusicBrainz

|

This article on a United States rock music band is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template