| The Very Long Fuse | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Label | Homestead Records | |||
| Producer | Iain Burgess [1] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [3] |
The Very Long Fuse is the debut EP by American post-punk band Breaking Circus. [4] [5] [6] It was released in 1985 by on Homestead Records. [7]
Trouser Press called the EP "terse, post-punk vitriol set to a banging dance-beat drum machine." [7]
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