{"id":11252,"date":"2015-06-05T11:47:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T10:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=11252"},"modified":"2015-06-05T11:47:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T10:47:48","slug":"apollo-junction-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/06\/apollo-junction-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo Junction &#8211; &#8216;II&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/06\/apollo-junction-ii\/apollo-junction2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Apollo-Junction2.jpg?fit=960%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Apollo Junction2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Apollo-Junction2.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11254\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Apollo-Junction2.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Apollo Junction2\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apollo Junction are a five piece indie pop band, from Leeds, formed in 2012 by members of rival bands who decided to join forces to become one supergroup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Completely independent and working on a DIY basis, their electro\/indie\/guitar inspired songs and tuneful melodies have managed to secure both national radio play and media acclaim, with London&#8217;s\u00a0prestigious Dublin Castle venue referring to them as &#8216;The best new band we have had in years!\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apollo Junction are now set to release an excellent new EP, &#8220;II&#8221;, \u00a0in late June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four tracks are led by their cracking new single &#8216;Blood On Hands&#8217;, a real indie pop treat, with thoughtful lyrics complemented by a very comtemporary sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EP is only enhanced by the following three tracks, &#8216;I Woke Up&#8217;, &#8216;In Your Arms&#8217;, and my personal favourite, the thumpingly impressive, &#8216;I Could Dance With You&#8217;,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The whole EP is very well put together, with a unique upbeat sound, as the band put their own stamp on the electro\/indie\/pop genre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;II&#8217;\u00a0is due to be released at the end of this month, but you can catch the guys live at the following venues and festivals:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">27th June \u2013 Apollo Festival with The Inspiral Carpets, Space and many more (York)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">12th July \u2013 Oakwell Festival with The Feeling, Dodgy and many more (Birstall)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">26th September \u2013 Yorfest with The Pigeon Detectives and The Sunshine Underground (York)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">17th October \u2013 The Stylus, Leeds University<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">28th November \u2013 EdgarFest (Leicester)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Further information about Apollo Junction visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/apollojunction.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ApolloJunction?fref=photo\">FaceBook page<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/apollojunction\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/apollojunction\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; 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