[7][8] According to the band's website, "Helioself is the name of the mythical Sun-Ra sessions that were so powerful ... they were sealed away in a lost vault by request of the Ra himself because the world was not ready for such harmonic energy.

"[5] Trouser Press wrote that "it flows like a well- programmed jukebox: unified by a rustic disposition, the album’s stylistic diversity feels comfortably natural, the songs instantly familiar without being selfconscious or specifically derivative.

"[12] The Chicago Reader wrote that "the band's musical cataloging of its forebears can get annoying at times, but for the most part the sheer sunniness of the melodies diminishes these shortcomings.

"[13] All songs written by Papas Fritas (Shivika Asthana, Keith Gendel, and Tony Goddess).

Direction by Peter Leak for the New York End Ltd. Special thanks to Jim Powers and Anthony Musiala.