PURPLE APPLE

Chicago-based indie pop quartet Purple Apple is made up of three 13 and 14-year-old girls and their twentysomething babysitter, Devin, on drums. The three schoolmates at the core of the band - Olivia, Madi and Nonie - are wise beyond their years, and nowhere does this show more than in their songwriting. While their peers were playing tag and trying out for the junior high cheerleading team, Purple Apple focused their free time writing songs about the things that matter to them, songs that capture the complex world of being a teenager. Armed with a handful of original material, the band released their debut EP, Sweet Wolverine, in 2010. For the past couple of years, the girls have worked hard to perfect their live sound, initially at venerable venues like Schubas and the Hideout, and eventually graduating to become the youngest band to ever headline Chicago's legendary rock venue, The Metro. Purple Apple are spending 2011 writing, recording and playing gigs around Chicago and the surrounding area. They enter high school this fall.