Super-fire
EP by
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1996 (1996-02-20)
RecordedSeptember 1995 (1995-09)
StudioWater Music, Hoboken, NJ
GenrePost-hardcore, indie rock
Length12:37
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerTed Niceley
Girls Against Boys chronology
Kill the Sexplayer
(1995)
Super-fire
(1996)
House of GVSB
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.

Critical reception

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.TitleLength
1."Super-fire"3:22
2."If Glamour Is Dead"3:14
3."Cash Machine"3:34
4."Viva Roma Star"2:27

Personnel

Adapted from the Super-fire liner notes.[9]

Girls Against Boys
Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1996 Touch and Go CD, LP TG160

References

  1. "Super Fire". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  2. Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (January 27, 1996). "Girls Against Boys' 'House' In Order At Touch and Go". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. via Google Books. {{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. Pegoraro, Rob (February 14, 1996). "GIRLS AGAINST BOYS" via www.washingtonpost.com.
  5. Super-Fire Credits (liner notes). Touch and Go. TG140. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  6. LLC, SPIN Media (January 12, 1997). "The Road to Somewhere". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC via Google Books.
  7. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (March 9, 1996). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. via Google Books. {{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. Kurland, Jordan; Arnold, Kevin; Ludwig, Dawson (25 June 2012). "The Mix: 100 Essential Noise Pop Songs". NPR.org.
  9. Super-fire (booklet). Girls Against Boys. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. Disco 666 Credits (liner notes). Touch and Go. TG129CD. Retrieved July 14, 2022. Andy Baker kindly assisted on the first single but was unkindly not mentioned.
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