The Art of Solitude



Shelflyfe slams into the summer of 2009 with a brand new powerful 10 song album! The 4 piece rock outfit from Rochester, NY has proven a great maturity with their new release “The Art of Solitude.” Songwriter/frontman Gustavus Gricius has cultivated their sound and brought a new batch of fresh hook-laden songs. Shelflyfe decided to work once again with Producers Tony Gammalo (it dies today, chimaira, sw1tched) and Ben Schigel (drowning pool, breaking point, walls of jericho) at Spider Studios outside Cleveland, Ohio. The band spent January thru March recording and working the new tracks and will be launching it May 22nd, 2009! Be prepared for a smoother sound with a lot more strings and piano. There is also a nice gem at 6 called “Memories Broken,” which showcases just vocals, piano and cello! The band has also definitely grown into their own, as they have toured and played hundreds of shows, alongside bands like Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, P.O.D., Fuel, Egypt Central, Flaw, Adema, Sw1tched, It Dies Today, Dope and many more. The live show has gained serious attention with great light designs and stage production! Gricius says “One thing that we always try to remind ourselves of is that all of those people out there every show are there spending their money to come share something with us, and we owe it to them to rock as hard as we can!” UPDATE: In November 2009 Shelflyfe unexpectedly dissolved citing irreconcilable differences. Gricius, who wrote every Shelflyfe song, maintained rights to all material, but instead of moving forward with new members he formed a new project with members of Sighlo and Underwhelmed. The new band is called A Smile Defiant. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.