''Incidental Music 1991–95'' is a collection of various b-sides and previously unreleased tracks by

Superchunk Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, consisting of singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Jon Wurster. Formed in 1989, they were one of the ...

. It was released by

Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expande ...

in 1995. Despite the name of the collection, the songs included actually date from between 1990 and 1994. A number of the tracks are covers: "100,000 Fireflies" is a song by The Magnetic Fields; "Lying in State" is a song by the Verlaines; "I'll Be Your Sister" was originally recorded by Motörhead; and "Night of Chill Blue" is a song by

the Chills The Chills are a New Zealand rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band is essentially the continuing project of singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps, who is the group's sole constant member. For a time in the 1990s, the act was billed a ...

. The unlisted track at the end is an alternate version of "Precision Auto," which originally led off the ''On the Mouth'' album. The cover art is credited to Mac McCaughan, the band's singer and guitarist.

Track listing

# "Shallow End" (1994) # "Mower" (1991) # "On the Mouth" (1991) # "Cadmium" (1992) # "Who Needs Light" (1993) # "Ribbon" (1993) # "Foolish" (1993) # "100,000 Fireflies" (1992) # "Invitation" (1991) # "Makeout Bench" (1990) # "Baxter" (1992) # "Connecticut" (1993) # "Lying in State" (1992) # "Throwing Things (acoustic)" (1992) # "I'll Be Your Sister" (1991) # "Night of Chill Blue" (1992) # "Forged It" (1992) # "Home at Dawn" (1993) # "Precision Auto"

References

Superchunk albums Albums produced by Steve Albini 1995 compilation albums Merge Records compilation albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub