CLAIRECORDS ARTISTS SCIFLYER’S LONG-AWAITED THIRD RELEASE, THEY ONLY BELIEVE IN THE MOON, OUT NOW
File Under: Shoegaze, indie pop, dream pop
 
You may or may not have seen or heard suggestions that shoegaze is back with burgeoning vigor --not that it ever really went anywhere in the first place. Still, there’s no time like the right time to welcome the Alameda, CA-based Sciflyer back from an eight-year hiatus, and its third Clairecords release, They Only Believe in the Moon, from their hands to yours.
 
A long and uncomfortable silence followed the release of the band’s last effort, The Age of Lovely, Intimate Things, in 2005. John D. Luerssen, writing for AllMusic, praised Sciflyer for “maintaining a uniqueness that sets it apart from the Ride and Swervedriver worshipers that have scattered the alternative music landscape since the early '90s.”
 
Singer and guitarist Steve Kennedy, bassist Kim Oberly and drummer Scott Eberhardt broke ground on the album after their inaugural SXSW showcase in 2006, but a series of unexpected setbacks forced the band to shelve it indefinitely. Now, after an eon of stasis, things are looking up.  Kennedy identifies the Beach Boys’ SMiLE Sessions as a major catalyst for the album’s creation and completion. 
 
“I realized that Moon was my SMiLE,” recalls, “It was gonna gnaw away at me until I finished those recordings and assembled the album.”
 
Kennedy has always maintained that Sciflyer’s shoegaze-hued dream-pop creations originate “somewhere in the ether,” an apt descriptor as they slip the surly bonds of earth. After all, they only believe in the moon. You will, too. 

So Close To Over

Zzyzx

CLAIRECORDS ARTISTS SCIFLYER’S LONG-AWAITED THIRD RELEASE, THEY ONLY BELIEVE IN THE MOON, OUT NOW
File Under: Shoegaze, indie pop, dream pop
 
You may or may not have seen or heard suggestions that shoegaze is back with burgeoning vigor --not that it ever really went anywhere in the first place. Still, there’s no time like the right time to welcome the Alameda, CA-based Sciflyer back from an eight-year hiatus, and its third Clairecords release, They Only Believe in the Moon, from their hands to yours.
 
A long and uncomfortable silence followed the release of the band’s last effort, The Age of Lovely, Intimate Things, in 2005. John D. Luerssen, writing for AllMusic, praised Sciflyer for “maintaining a uniqueness that sets it apart from the Ride and Swervedriver worshipers that have scattered the alternative music landscape since the early '90s.”
 
Singer and guitarist Steve Kennedy, bassist Kim Oberly and drummer Scott Eberhardt broke ground on the album after their inaugural SXSW showcase in 2006, but a series of unexpected setbacks forced the band to shelve it indefinitely. Now, after an eon of stasis, things are looking up.  Kennedy identifies the Beach Boys’ SMiLE Sessions as a major catalyst for the album’s creation and completion. 
 
“I realized that Moon was my SMiLE,” recalls, “It was gonna gnaw away at me until I finished those recordings and assembled the album.”
 
Kennedy has always maintained that Sciflyer’s shoegaze-hued dream-pop creations originate “somewhere in the ether,” an apt descriptor as they slip the surly bonds of earth. After all, they only believe in the moon. You will, too. 

Creator

Goddess

Slowfire

The Nation

You may or may not have seen or heard suggestions that shoegaze is back with burgeoning vigor --not that it ever really went anywhere in the first place. Steve Kennedy, guitarist and singer for the Alameda, CA-based trio Sciflyer, has always maintained that the band’s otherworldly dream-pop creations originate “somewhere in the ether.” It’s an apt descriptor as the group prepares to slip the surly bonds of earth once again. The time has come to tune in, turn on, plug in, and blast off. 

Not long after Sciflyer’s third Clairecords release, They Only Believe in the Moon, arrived in 2014, Kennedy rummaged through its archives and unearthed a batch of tracks that were, for various and sundry reasons, never given proper issuance. The never-released “Energizer” and “You're From The Ocean” accompany “Beyond The Event Horizon,” a live recording taped in Las Vegas in 2003;  “Time Bomb,” which was nudged off of 2005’s The Age of Lovely, Intimate Things at the last minute; and “Letting Go of Everything,” a leftover track from They Only Believe in the Moon.. This collection of sought-after tunes makes Energizer another essential offering from the Band Who Fell to Earth.

Recorded by Ben Lund at Insta-Fame, Portland - 2003.
Remixed by Steve Kennedy at Area 52 - 2015.

Steve Kennedy - guitars, vocals
Kim Oberly - bass
Roger Chandler - drums

I want you to tune me in / turn me on / cross my wires…I want you to hook me up / learn my dials…I need you to start that fire…I want you to set me up / tear me down / bring that change…I want you to gear me up / spin me 'round…I think you should test my range…energize me...I want you to tune me in / turn me on / stop my time…I want you to fuck me up / burn me down…I bet you could blow my mind…energize me.


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