Super-fire
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| Super-fire | ||||
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| EP by | ||||
| Released | February 20, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | September 1995 | |||
| Studio | Water Music, Hoboken, NJ | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore, indie rock | |||
| Length | 12:37 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go | |||
| Producer | Ted Niceley | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Super-fire is a single and an EP by American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in 1996 by Touch and Go Records.[2][3] The title track was the first single from House of GVSB and it was followed by the second single "Disco Six Six Six".[4] It was released in different configurations, such as a vinyl which only consisted of the title track, a CD which consisted of the title track and the b-side "If Glamour Is Dead", and a CD which consisted of the title track plus "Cash Machine" (also off of House of GVSB) and the non-album tracks "If Glamour Is Dead" and "Viva Roma Star".[5]
The music video, featuring the band playing in and destroying a room made up of tungsten light bulbs, was deemed too violent for airplay on MTV at the time of release, forcing the band to re-edit the video.
Spin called the title track "a post-rock-gone-hard-rock sonic manifesto."[6] Billboard wrote that the song's "sophisticated groove and overlapping textures tip the hat to techno and trip-hop, but the attitude and invention are pure punk."[7]
NPR included the song on its list of "100 Essential Noise Pop Songs."[8]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Super-fire" | 3:22 |
| 2. | "If Glamour Is Dead" | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Cash Machine" | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Viva Roma Star" | 2:27 |