Skull

Our upload is labeled Harmacy, but "Skull" is on Bakesale; Harmacy's tracklist does not include it, and we cannot tell whether the upload is a Bakesale-era recording or a later version filed there. Barlow wrote it and Tim O'Heir produced it. The single's US 7-inch on Sub Pop (SP267) uses a remix, while the UK CD on Domino (RUG22CD) has the original; B-sides on both are "Punching Myself in the Face Repeatedly, Publicly", "Sing Something" and "Plate 'o' Hatred". It reached 84 in the UK in the week of August 6, 1994 and did not chart in the US. The black-and-white video has the band moving between locations carrying odd objects, and appears on Sub Pop Video Network Program 3.

Medialoper notes the opening scraping electric guitar, with Bob Fay entering on kick and hi-hat only, teasing a snare before the second verse and playing busier in the third. Stereogum's Nelson reads it as Barlow asking a potential one-night stand to take him away from his troubles, an escape that is a fantasy; we found no direct statement from Barlow. He posted an early cassette demo, recorded before the Bakesale version, of him hammering away on a six-string and layering everything into a fog, with lyrics not yet nailed down and the chorus coming first. Other versions include a 2:17 take on Hotel Massachusetts and live recordings from the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia in 2004 and 2011. Setlist.fm shows it played on September 21, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and December 14, 2024 in Seattle. We found no covers or samples.