Marbles is the solo recording project of The Apples in Stereo

The Apples in Stereo

The Apples in Stereo, styled The Apples in stereo, is an American indie rock band associated with The Elephant Six Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel and The Olivia Tremor Control. The band is largely a product of lead vocalist/guitarist Robert Schneider, who writes the...

 singer and chief songwriter Robert Schneider

Robert Schneider

Robert Peter Schneider is one of the co-founders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, along with Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, and Jeff Mangum...

. 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

Will Cullen Hart

William "Will" Cullen Hart is one of the co-founders of the Elephant Six Collective, as well as the rock band The Olivia Tremor Control...

 of The Olivia Tremor Control

The Olivia Tremor Control

The Olivia Tremor Control is an indie rock band prominent in the mid to late 1990s which, along with The Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel, was one of the three original Elephant 6 projects...

, and release them officially in 1997 as an album named Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites)

Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites)

Pyramid Landing is the debut album from Robert Schneider's solo project, Marbles, containing songs written and performed, usually in their entirety, by Schneider on his 4-track recorder...

.

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

Expo (album)

Expo is the second album from the Robert Schneider solo project Marbles and is the follow-up to the 1997 release Pyramid Landing . Where as Pyramid Landing was a showcase of experimental pop songs, Expo focuses more sharply on electronic pop music, similar to that of Gary Numan, one of Schneider's...

 in January 2005.

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.

Albums

• Inverse Gazebo (Cassette Only) - Elephant Six
  The Elephant Six Collective
  The Elephant 6 Recording Company is a collective of American musicians who spawned many notable independent bands of the 1990s, including The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Beulah, Elf Power, Of Montreal, and Circulatory System.-Foundation:The collective was...
  
   - 1993
• Warm Milk and Chocolate (Cassette Only) - Elephant Six - 1993
• I ♥ the Animals (Cassette Only) - Elephant Six - 1993
• Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites)
  Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites)
  Pyramid Landing is the debut album from Robert Schneider's solo project, Marbles, containing songs written and performed, usually in their entirety, by Schneider on his 4-track recorder...
  
  (CD/LP) - spinART - 1997
• Expo
  Expo (album)
  Expo is the second album from the Robert Schneider solo project Marbles and is the follow-up to the 1997 release Pyramid Landing . Where as Pyramid Landing was a showcase of experimental pop songs, Expo focuses more sharply on electronic pop music, similar to that of Gary Numan, one of Schneider's...
  
  (CD) - spinART - 2005

Singles

• "Go Marilee" (7") - Bus Stop - 1997
• "I Love The Summer Days" (7") - Elephant Six - 1998
• "Xmas with the Marbles" (7") - Bi-Fi Records - 2005
• "Happy Happy Birthday to Me Singles Club Single #02 (Split w/ Casper & the Cookies)" (7") - HHBtM Records - 2009