[2] The music video for "Suffocate Me" famously aired once by MTV during 120 Minutes, where it was seen by Garbage co-founder Steve Marker.

[2] The songs that make up both Angelfish and the Mackenzie album Five were written at the same time, between June 1991 and December 1992.

The recording sessions for the album took ten days over March 1993, enough time to lay down backing tracks for seventeen songs.

Barry Egan of Creem wrote: "Their self-titled debut displays the kind of out-of-kilter charm and intensity that most artists can only lie about possessing... this is indeed a record that owes much to Scotland's Cocteau Twins as it does to Lou Reed's feel-good dark angels, The Velvet Underground.

"[6] In the Gavin Report trade publication, their alternative reviewer wrote "An interesting sound... one that recalls elements of early Blondie and Patti Smith".