Science Faire is a compilation album by indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 Elephant 6 group 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...

. The album consists of two EP

Extended play

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s and various singles that were released from 1993 to 1995, leading up to the production of Fun Trick Noisemaker

Fun Trick Noisemaker

Fun Trick Noisemaker is the debut studio album from The Apples in Stereo, recorded in a house in Los Angeles, in Robert Schneider's portable Pet Sounds Studio. The album is perhaps the most raw example of the Apples, with the rather lo-fi recording values being eclipsed somewhat by their later...

. All of the selections were recorded the summers of 1993 and 1994 and appear on the compilation in the order they were recorded.

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...

, front man of The Apples in Stereo, has said that the song "Too Much Now" will be included on a future re-release of Science Faire. The song was the first by the band ever to be released, included on the 1993 cassette

Compact Cassette

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 compilation The Horizon Center. Chris Parfitt, who wrote the song, sings lead vocals on the track. It was omitted from the original Science Faire pressing because of issues the band had with its production quality.

Track listing

All tracks written by 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...

 except where noted.

1. "Tidal Wave" (R. Schneider/C. Parfitt
   Chris Parfitt
   Chris Parfitt is an American guitarist who was one of the founding members of the Elephant 6 indie pop band The Apples in Stereo. Before his 1993 departure, he co-wrote the songs "Tidal Wave" and "Not the Same" with Robert Schneider and his performances appear on the band's original self-titled EP...
   
   ) – 2:57
2. "Motorcar" – 3:39
3. "Turncoat Indian" – 2:26
4. "Haley" – 3:50
5. "Not The Same" (R. Schneider/C. Parfitt) – 2:54
6. "Stop Along The Way" (J. McIntyre
   Jim McIntyre (musician)
   Jim McIntyre is a musician best known as the man behind the Elephant 6 band Von Hemmling. He was also the original bassist for The Apples in Stereo before leaving in 1993. He has written or co-written many early songs for the band, including "Stop Along the Way", "Touch The Water", "To Love The...
   
   /R. Schneider) – 2:46
7. "Running In Circles" – 2:29
8. "Hypnotic Suggestion" – 2:09
9. "Touch The Water" (J. McIntyre) – 2:10
10. "Glowworm" – 2:42
11. "To Love The Vibration Of The Bulb" (J. McIntyre) – 2:20
12. "Time For Bed/I Know You'll Do Well" – 5:14
13. "Rocket Pad" – 3:09

• "Side One" (tracks 1-6) were originally released in 1993 on the Tidal Wave 7".
• Tracks 7-10 on "Side Two" were originally released as the Hypnotic Suggestion
  Hypnotic Suggestion EP
  Hypnotic Suggestion EP is the second EP by The Apples in Stereo. The album was released in 1994.The EP's four tracks were later re-released on 1996 compilation album Science Faire, after the release of the band's debut full-length LP Fun Trick Noisemaker.-Track listing:All tracks written by Robert...
  
  EP in 1994.
• Track 11 on "Side Two" was previously unreleased.
• Track 12 on "Side Two" was originally released on a 7" split EP
  The Olivia Tremor Control/The Apples in Stereo
  The Olivia Tremor Control/The Apples in Stereo is a 1994 split single by the two Elephant 6 bands.The two tracks by The Apples in Stereo would appear on the Science Faire compilation in 1996 while the two tracks by The Olivia Tremor Control were later collected and placed on the Singles and Beyond...
  
   with the 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...
  
   in 1994.
• Track 13 on "Side Two" was originally released on a flexi-disc split with the Heartworms.
• The songs "Tidal Wave" and "Glowworm" would appear on the band's 1995 debut LP, Fun Trick Noisemaker
  Fun Trick Noisemaker
  Fun Trick Noisemaker is the debut studio album from The Apples in Stereo, recorded in a house in Los Angeles, in Robert Schneider's portable Pet Sounds Studio. The album is perhaps the most raw example of the Apples, with the rather lo-fi recording values being eclipsed somewhat by their later...
  
  .
• The opening guitar riff of "Running in Circles" is the same opening riff for "High Tide" (which appears as the third track on Fun Trick Noisemaker).

Personnel

• Hilarie Sidney
  Hilarie Sidney
  Hilarie Sidney is a musician most famously recognized as the longtime drummer for The Apples in Stereo. She was previously married to Apples in Stereo frontman and Elephant 6 co-founder Robert Schneider. Their divorce became publicly acknowledged in 2004...
  
   - drums, vocals, acoustic guitar
• 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...
  
   - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, Casio
  Casio
  is a multinational electronic devices manufacturing company founded in 1946, with its headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Casio is best known for its electronic products, such as calculators, audio equipment, PDAs, cameras, musical instruments, and watches...
  
   keyboards
• Jim McIntyre
  Jim McIntyre (musician)
  Jim McIntyre is a musician best known as the man behind the Elephant 6 band Von Hemmling. He was also the original bassist for The Apples in Stereo before leaving in 1993. He has written or co-written many early songs for the band, including "Stop Along the Way", "Touch The Water", "To Love The...
  
   - bass guitar, vocals
• Chris Parfitt
  Chris Parfitt
  Chris Parfitt is an American guitarist who was one of the founding members of the Elephant 6 indie pop band The Apples in Stereo. Before his 1993 departure, he co-wrote the songs "Tidal Wave" and "Not the Same" with Robert Schneider and his performances appear on the band's original self-titled EP...
  
   - electric guitars on "Side One"
• John Hill
  John Hill (musician)
  John Hill is an American guitarist best recognized as a member of The Apples in Stereo and Dressy Bessy.Hill, a college friend of drummer Hilarie Sidney and bassist Jim McIntyre, joined The Apples in January, 1994 after the departure of lead guitarist Chris Parfitt...
  
   - guitar on tracks 11-13.
• William Cullen Hart - Artwork for the compilation.