''Selfafornia'' is the second

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by American

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band

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, released for free via

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as an

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download on July 27, 2001. It includes songs scrapped from '' Gizmodgery'' (2000) along with other demos.

History

During the creation of

's third and fourth albums, ''

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'' (1999) and '' Gizmodgery'' (2000), lead member

Matt Mahaffey Matt Mahaffey is an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, and recording engineer best known for his band Self (band), Self and his composer collective Cake in Space. Early and personal life Mahaffey grew up in Kingsport, T ...

wrote the song "Suzie Q Sailaway". He recorded the song with toy instruments for the latter album but was requested by

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to put the song on the former. Mahaffey subsequently re-recorded the song with a full band, stating that he didn't want any toy recordings outside of ''Gizmodgery''. This process delayed the release of ''Breakfast with Girls'', which, combined with the song's shift in style, led to a retroactive dissatisfaction with it. In 1999, Michael Simpson of the

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created a remix of the toy recording of "Suzie Q Sailaway". Mahaffey preferred this remix to the original version, stating a wish to use it on a future album. ''Selfafornia'' was intermittently released in portions through

in mid-2001, with the final set of songs releasing on July 27, 2001. Available as a free

download, it contains nine songs in

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format, primarily from the writing sessions of ''Gizmodgery''. Laurent of ''Indiepoprock'' complimented the compilation's sound, describing it as encapsulating the band's bright and quirky instrumentation amidst a low budget.

Track listing

References

External links

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