Suffocate Me

Suffocate Me is an extended play released in 1993 by Scottish band Angelfish.[1] While not charting on any mainstream Billboard charts, "Suffocate Me" was received well on college radio, and was followed up in 1994 by the release of Angelfish's self-titled debut album.[1]

Suffocate Me
EP by
Angelfish
Released8 June 1993 (CD) and
11 June 1993 (cassette)
Recorded1993 in Connecticut, United States
GenreAlternative rock, dream pop
Length13:52
LabelWasteland / Caroline Records
ProducerChris Frantz, Tina Weymouth
Angelfish chronology
Suffocate Me
(1993)		 "Heartbreak to Hate"
(1994)

The music video for "Suffocate Me" famously aired once by MTV during 120 Minutes, where it was seen by Garbage co-founder Steve Marker.[2] Shirley Manson was asked to join Garbage, and accepted.[3]

Track listing
  1. "Suffocate Me" (Angelfish) – 3:46
  2. "You Can Love Her" (Holly Vincent) – 3:52
  3. "Kimberly" (Patti Smith, Allen Lanier, Ivan Kral) – 3:46
  4. "Trash It" (Angelfish) – 2:55

Both "Suffocate Me" and "You Can Love Her" would appear on the band's debut album, Angelfish, released the following year, while "Trash It" would be re-recorded and released as "Superman" on the B-side of Goodbye Mr Mackenzie's final single "The Way I Walk".

Music video

The "Suffocate Me" music video was directed by Cameron Casey and premiered in the US on 6 August 1993.[4]

gollark: Correction: my full pronoun is "Supreme Overlord, Master of All Space and Time, Devourer of Souls, He Who Rules All, The Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, and Lord of Darkness, Taper of Fish to ATMs, gollark (or possibly osmarks)."
gollark: * gollark (or possibly osmarks)' name
gollark: Ah, okay then.
gollark: YOU ARE MISGENDERING ME!
gollark: My ~~title~~ pronoun would of course be Supreme Overlord, Master of All Space and Time, Devourer of Souls, He Who Rules All, Taper of Fish to ATMs, gollark (or possibly osmarks).

References
  1. "Garbage". Record Collector. 1997-02-01.
  2. "Garbage: Behind The Music". Behind The Music. 2002-03-31.
  3. 153 F.Supp.2d 462 RADIOACTIVE, J.V., Plaintiff, v. Shirley MANSON, Defendant. No. 01 Civ.1948(SAS). United States District Court, S.D. New York. (29 July 2001)
  4. "Suffocate me / director, Cameron Casey". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
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