Science Faire (1996; TAIS 02)

Science Faire is a compilation album by consisting of two EPs and various singles that were released from 1993 to 1995, leading up to the production of Fun Trick Noisemaker. All of the selections were recorded the summers of 1993 and 1994 and appear on the compilation in the order they were recorded.

"Despite being not yet musically mature, "Science Faire" is a fun, slightly wild album by a band that has gone on to fulfill the promise they've shown here. A pleasant early work by The Apples in stereo." - Amazon.com

"This music sounds like what I sometimes have heard in my dreams. When waking, jangly catchy guitar-heavy riffs mix with a blurrier background that sounds submerged. I don't know what this says about my subconscious, but Robert Schneider and pals 1993-5 must have heard similar sounds of fuzz and reverb. This is primitive music, as if what you'd tape from a garage band down the block, but it's magic. Extra credit for fitting the title to the cover photo--band as if the Audio-Visual Club 10th grade yearbook 1974. The majority of the songs survive their ramshackle arrangements and limited production; tracks 1-10 and 13 stick to you as if recalled from years ago when you hear them." - John L. Murphy, Amazon.com