Cibo Matto is the debut EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by Cibo Matto

Cibo Matto

Cibo Matto are a New York City-based band formed by two Japanese women, Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori, in 1994...

 released in 1995.

Three tracks from this release would find their way onto the group's debut full-length album, albeit with slightly different arrangements (substantially in the case of "Know Your Chicken") and cleaner, better-produced vocal takes. The EP also features a cover of alternative rock band Soundgarden

Soundgarden

Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by singer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto...

's 1994 song "Black Hole Sun

Black Hole Sun

"Black Hole Sun" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris finneran, "Black Hole Sun" was released in 1994 as the third single from the band's fourth studio album Superunknown . It is arguably the band's most recognizable and most popular song, and remains a well...

", which Allmusic describes as "a wonderfully loopy cover... rearranged like a lounge favorite and sung in French."

The final track, the instrumental and ambient "Crumbs" would later resurface on the group's second EP, 1997's Super Relax

Super Relax

Super Relax is an EP by Cibo Matto released in 1997. Four of the nine tracks are remixes of the song "Sugar Water" from the group's debut album, Viva! La Woman, and "Spoon" would later appear on Stereo ★ Type A...

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Track listing

1. "Beef Jerky"
2. "Birthday Cake"
3. "Know Your Chicken"
4. "Black Hole Sun
   Black Hole Sun
   "Black Hole Sun" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris finneran, "Black Hole Sun" was released in 1994 as the third single from the band's fourth studio album Superunknown . It is arguably the band's most recognizable and most popular song, and remains a well...
   
   " (Soundgarden
   Soundgarden
   Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by singer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto...
   
   )
5. "Crumbs"