''Vulcan'' is the debut

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by American

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band

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. It was released on October 5, 1999. The five-song EP contains three renditions of the title track, along with a B-side and a cover of the

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." The song ''Vulcan'' was also included on the band's debut album, '' Sonic Jihad'', which came out in July 2000.

Reception

In a positive review from ''

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described ''Vulcan'' as "Y2K Tourette’s Pop" and named it as the "Single of the Week", writing that " beats the living shit out every single other record released this week and then dances naked around a bonfire of their burning corpses daubed in satanic runes and gibbering like a traumatised gibbon." In the''

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called it "a suburban s&m theme park set to wax, kinky in a really cute way" but noted "Nobody audibly utters 'vulcan" anywhere in the lyrics, but a different word keeps recurring."

Track listing

References

{{Authority control 1999 EPs Albums produced by David Kahne Albums produced by Jason Slater Albums produced by Eric Valentine Snake River Conspiracy albums Reprise Records EPs