Severe Exposure

Severe Exposure
Studio album by Six Finger Satellite
Released	July 11, 1995
Recorded	The Parlour, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Genre	Post-hardcore, noise rock
Length	34:31
Label	Sub Pop[1]
Producer	Six Finger Satellite
Six Finger Satellite chronology
Machine Cuisine (1994) Severe Exposure (1995) Clone Theory (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]

Severe Exposure is the second album by American band Six Finger Satellite, released in 1995 through Sub Pop.[4] It was marked by the extensive use of synthesizers, which augmented the jittery, post-punk sound of the band's earlier releases.[5]

A video was released for the single, "Parlour Games".

Production

Severe Exposure was recorded in Six Finger Satellite's studio, The Parlour, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "'Rabies (Baby’s Got The)' and 'Simian Fever' are animal aggressive and messy, while sharing the synthetic digitone lusts of new wave."[5] The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album "eases up on the electronics but still assembles an arsenal of vintage synthesizers with Nintendo-like sterility."[3] The Washington Post wrote that the band "continues its explorations of the dark post-punk territory blazed by such British outfits as Gang of Four and the Pop Group."[6] SF Weekly wrote: "Call it a party record, the kind you slip on at that inevitable point when you want 'certain people' to head home."[7] CMJ New Music Monthly thought that "the secret is drummer Rick Pelletier, who plays like a death-machine out of control."[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Six Finger Satellite

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bad Comrade"	4:28
2.	"Parlour Games"	3:05
3.	"White Queen to Black Knight"	1:57
4.	"Pulling a Train"	3:03
5.	"Simian Fever"	3:55
6.	"Cock Fight"	4:33
7.	"Dark Companion"	1:40
8.	"Where Humans Go"	3:05
9.	"Rabies (Baby's Got The)"	3:26
10.	"Board the Bus"	5:19

Personnel

Six Finger Satellite

• James Apt – bass guitar, clarinet
• John MacLean – guitar, synthesizer
• Richard Ivan Pelletier – drums
• Jeremiah Ryan – vocals, Moog synthesizer

Additional musicians and production

• Jeff Kleinsmith – design
• Charles Peterson – photography
• Six Finger Satellite – production

References

1. Records, Sub Pop. "Severe Exposure". Sub Pop Records.
2. Lerner, Will. "Severe Exposure". Allmusic. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
3. Roth, Jason. "Six Finger SatelliteSevere Exposure (Sub Pop)(star) (star)..." chicagotribune.com.
4. "Six Finger Satellite | Biography & History". AllMusic.
5. Christe, Ian (2007). "Six Finger Satellite". Trouser Press. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
6. Jenkins, Mark (August 4, 1995). "RELENTLESS SATELLITE" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
7. "Sticky Fingers - SF Weekly". July 26, 1995.
8. "CMJ New Music Monthly". August 1995.

External links

• Severe Exposure at Discogs (list of releases)