Super Roots 2

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Super Roots 2
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EP by
Boredoms
ReleasedJuly 25, 1994 (1994-07-25)
Genre Noise rock
Length6:30
Label Warner Music Japan
Producer Boredoms
Boredoms chronology
Onanie Bomb Meets the Sex Pistols
(1994)		Super Roots 2
(1994)		 Chocolate Synthesizer
(1994)

Super Roots 2 is the second installment of the Super Roots EP series by Japanese experimental band Boredoms. Released as a 3" CD, it was mailed to people in Japan who completed and sent a survey card enclosed with the Japanese release of Chocolate Synthesizer . Because of its short duration, it was the only Super Roots not to be rereleased by Vice Records in 2007. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Deborah Sprague of Trouser Press stated that the album "will keep you on the edge of your seat, if only for the numerous long silences that cleave songs like 'Magic Milk' and 'White Plastic See-Through Finger'." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Sexy Boredoms" – 0:55
  2. "Go Come Uparks" – 1:18
  3. "Magic Milk" – 1:43
  4. "White Plastic See-Thru Finger" – 2:02
  5. "Boxodous (Noise Ramones Mix)" – 0:32

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References

  1. ↑ "Details for release: Boredoms — Super Roots 2". Exposé Online. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Boredoms: Super Roots 2". ArtistInfo. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  3. ↑ Leone, Dominique (February 1, 2007). "Boredoms: Super Roots 1/3/5". Pitchfork.
  4. ↑ Hainey, Kevin (June 1, 2005). "Boredoms: The Art of Noise". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. Virgin Books. p. 1999.
  6. ↑ Sprague, Deborah. "Boredoms". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 17, 2023.


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