Fixxations

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Fixxations
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ReleasedDecember 2002
RecordedFebruary - May 2002
Genre Shoegazing, noise pop
Length14:57
Label HoneyMilk Records, Hype City Recordings
Producer Emil Nikolaisen
Serena Maneesh chronology
Fixxations
(2002)
Zurück
(2005)

Fixxations is the debut EP by Norwegian band Serena Maneesh, released in 2002 on CD by HoneyMilk Records and on 12" vinyl by Hype City Recordings.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Drive Me Home the Lonely Nights – 3:16
  2. Blues Like Beehive – 3:23
  3. Ballad of Jeze Ballet – 5:25
  4. Hear Bleed Philharmonic – 2:52
  5. Oxygene, Please! (bonus track on 12" vinyl edition)

Production

The EP was recorded at Spendless during February–March 2002.

The songs were composed by Emil Nikolaisen, Lina Holmström and Håvard Krogedal. "Blues Like Beehive" was re-recorded as "Beehiver II" for the band's full-length debut album Serena Maneesh (2005).

Personnel

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