On the beloved CDR series that Shelflife Records released in the early 2000s we find many gems. One of them is Citra Super for sure.

This Gainesville band is quite a mystery to me. We know that it was formed by Jeff and Shena. I don’t know Jeff’s last name. But Shena’s last name is Baruch, I know that she is the sister of Estelle Baruch from Brittle Stars (this is mentioned in an interview I did with Crush 22 ages ago!). They released the second CDR on the Shelflife CDR series in 2002 and it was a 6 song CD titled “Spring EP”.

The songs on this very limited release (100 hand numbered copies) were “Spring”, “Glowing Town”, “No Point”, “Honeymoonin’ Under the Sea”, “A Remainder” and “The Stars”.

Two of these songs would later find a new life on a couple of compilations.

“Spring” appeared on “Pop the Question” a CD comp released in 2006 by the Australian label Book Club Records (BCR 006). A very fine compilation that featured bands including Lovejoy, The Shermans and The Charaade among others.

Then in 2008 they played the Gainesville Pop Mayhem festival in May. Due to this superb event the organizers put out a 7″ out with four bands that played, Que Possum, The French Horns, Citra Super and Nervous Systems. The song Citra Super contributed was “Glowing Town”.

Then I read a blog that the band was a side project of the band Holopaw. So if that’s the case, then our Jeff must be Jeff Hays? or Jeff McMullen? one of them has to be!

Lastly I see a gig they played with Fruit Machine and Erin Tobey at The Kickstand in Gainesville on May 10, 2008.

That’s all I could find.

As you see many blanks that I’d like to fill. Maybe someone from Gainesville (?) can help me learn a little bit more about Citra Super and what happened to them.

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Listen
Citra Super – Spring