Based out of northern Pennsylvania and specializing in an intoxicating blend of Slowdive/My Bloody Valentine-era shoegaze and plaintive electro-ambient indie pop, Stargazer Lilies pride themselves on bringing back "the raw rock primal gaze, no b******t sunshine haze." Making their debut with the intoxicating We Are the Dreamers in 2013, the group toured frequently with Black Moth Super Rainbow leader Tobacco, who produced their 2019 release Occabot. Formed by multi-instrumentalists and ex-Soundpool members John Ceparano and Kim Field, along with live drummers EJ DeCoske and Johnny Lancia, the band released its Tobacco-of-Black Moth Super Rainbow-curated, Graveface Records-issued debut, We Are the Dreamers, in October 2013. Following the departure of both DeCoske and Lancia, Stargazer Lilies recruited L.A.-based Tammy Hirata (Blood Candy) as their new drummer. With this new lineup, they completed work on their follow-up LP, Door to the Sun, which arrived in June 2016. An album of outtakes titled Lost followed in 2017. After recording their next album on their own, they handed it off to Tobacco, who brought out the rough edges of their sound and made it sound much heavier and more hallucinatory. The fittingly titled Occabot was released through Tobacco's Rad Cult imprint in 2019. ~ James Christopher Monger