Super Static Fever - Silent Dynamic Torture

Label: Numero

Reissued 8/15/2025

A band that played so loud their entire fan base went deaf and never spoke of them again. Formed in 1993 in the go-nowhere exurb of San Jose, California, Super Static Fever played only a handful of gigs in their brief two year existence, punishing spectators with a tinnitus-inducing wah-wah wall of Marshall-stacked distortion. Their sound was a mix of Melvins-esque sludge, Swervedriver’s melodic crunch, and latter-day Black Flag’s penchant for volume, as heard from the stock stereo of a hot-boxed 1985 Ford Econoline. Unfinished tapes from two ear-bleeding sessions are all that survived the ensuing 25 years since their indifferent break-up, mixed by the exacting Steve Albini as the band’s one condition for reissue. The package reeks of the ’90s computer-crippled D.I.Y. aesthetic, with VHS blur and opaque white screened on chipboard. A record that just barely does, and probably should not, exist.

Track listing:

1. Acid Sweet  
   
2. Happening  
   
3. Awareness  
   
4. For Fun  
   
5. Scent  
   
6. Sample  
   
7. Feed  
   
8. Sonic Seller  
   
9. Song  
   
10. Fake Calm  
    
11. Existing  
    
12. Lovely  
    
13. Kill Smile  
    
14. Happy Frown  
    
15. Styles