''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, consisting of singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Laura King. Formed in 1989, they were one of the bands that hel ...

. 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 expand ...

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

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; "Lying in State" is a song by

the Verlaines The Verlaines are a New Zealand rock band from Dunedin. Formed in 1981 by Graeme Downes, Craig Easton, Anita Pillai, Phillip Higham and Greg Kerr, the band went through multiple line-ups. Formed at the beginning of Dunedin sound, The Verlaine ...

; "I'll Be Your Sister" was originally recorded by

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; and "Night of Chill Blue" is a song by

the Chills The Chills are a New Zealand indie rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band were fronted by founding mainstay singer-songwriter, guitarist Martin Phillipps (singer), Martin Phillipps (2 July 1963 – 28 July 2024). During the mid-1 ...

. 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 Ralph Lee "Mac" McCaughan (; born July 12, 1967) is an American musician and record label owner, based in North Carolina. His main musical projects have been Superchunk since 1989 and Portastatic since the early 1990s. In 1989 he founded the ind ...

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