This Song is Positively Thetanic

the thetans drop a track in time for weekend-long release party

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In Scientology, a thetan refers to the concept of a soul as represented in other belief systems. In Halifax, The Thetans are a group of like-minded musical nutters who make theatrical punk music that’s deadlier than Xenu. If you like haunted vocals and freaked-out spacey noises and songs that sound like groovy nightmares, you will like this. The band (Isaac Hansen, Neil Peacock, Michelle Skelding and Nicole Anaka) sent me a song from their first album The Ocean and the Sea, which will be released TWO TIMES this weekend with a free show at Jacob’s on Friday August 19 and a $5 show at Gus’ on Sunday August 21. (These shows are a dual album release with the dirtiest birds in Halifax, Slumlord.)

Guitarist/vocalist Hansen says the song, titled "Elvis' Hips," is about the devil "and the way he traditionally steals souls." I was going to play the song for a friend of mine who used to be a Scientologist and print her review, but she has left the province to see about a boy. So it goes. Instead, I'll share a video of famous Scientologist John Travolta and the bewildering song he recorded with his daughter, Ella Bleu, called "Every Little Step," for the Old Dogs soundtrack.