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Eef Barzelay
Background information
Birth name	Ifar Barzelay
Born	(1970-05-12) May 12, 1970 (age 54) Tel Aviv, Israel
Origin	New Jersey
Genres	Alternative country, alternative rock, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, ukulele
Years active	1991–present
Labels	spinART Records, 429 Records
Website	www.clemsni.de

Ifar "Eef" Barzelay (born May 12, 1970) is an Israeli-American musician. He is the principal songwriter and singer of alternative country band Clem Snide, but has also toured as a solo act, both as a headliner and in support of various artists such as Ben Folds.

Early life

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 12, 1970, Barzelay grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and attended Teaneck High School.

Career

In 2006, Barzelay released his debut solo album entitled Bitter Honey. In 2007, he composed many original tracks for the film Rocket Science. Barzelay's second solo album, Lose Big, was released on June 17, 2008, on 429 records. In 2009, Barzelay reformed Clem Snide.

At the A.V. Fest 2011 in Chicago, Illinois, Barzelay performed the music of the popular rock band Journey.

In 2014 Barzelay recorded a version of Bee Gees's "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" for a fundraising CD titled "More Super Hits Of The Seventies" for radio station WFMU. He also wrote and recorded five songs for the Rudderless soundtrack such as "Sam Spirals" and "A Day on the Water".

Discography

• Bitter Honey (CD) – spinART – February 21, 2006
• Rocket Science (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD) – Lakeshore Records – August 7, 2007
• Lose Big (CD) – 429 Records – June 17, 2008
• Black Tin Rocket: Songs of the Transmissionary Six EP (Digital download) – Bandcamp release – March 14, 2011
• Bitter Honey (Redux) (Digital Download) – Bandcamp release – March 31, 2011
• Clem Snide's Journey (Vinyl, Digital Download) – Bandcamp release – June 29, 2011
• Fan Chosen Covers (Best lets see if this works Of) (Digital download) – Bandcamp release – September 20, 2011
• Janie Jones - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD, digital download) – Nettwerk – October 11, 2011
• Girls Come First (Digital Download) Bandcamp release – March 4, 2015

References

1. "Artist Interview: Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide : Optus Sound Scribe". Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
2. Buried Love: From sipping iced tea and playing Al Green to imagining you're watching Ricky beat Lucy Archived October 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Village Voice, March 1, 2005. Accessed May 12, 2008. "Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay has a dry voice and an even drier wit. Barzelay was born in Israel, raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, and did time studying jazz at Berklee before dropping out to start a noise-rock band named for the talking asshole in William Burroughs's Naked Lunch."
3. "A.V. Fest 2011". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.

External links

• 2007 Eef Barzelay Interview at Bandega.com Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
• Eef Barzelay 15-05-2008 on Program tv Tesis of Canal 2 Andalusia Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
• Clem Snide's official site.

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