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This 3-LP package showcases Superchunk bassist Laura Ballance's paintings from the CD art and features commentary by her, Jim, Jon, and Mac about every track on the album (the ones they remember recording, anyway). 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Both CD and LP include a bonus download of Clambakes Vol 9: Other Music From Unshowered Grumblers - Live in NYC 1990, a show recorded at CBGB just four days after the album was released. Mac shared his memories of these early days of Superchunk: When I listen to our first album now, other than cringing at some clams and the vocals and the juvenile attitude of the whole thing... what was I angry about? You'll have to ask 21-year-old me because in my memory, we were having fun. I hear the accumulation of our influences, which I suppose is normal for a first album-weaving all the things you loved up to that point into your own first thing. The Buzzcocks, Hüsker Dü, Dinosaur Jr, and Sonic Youth are all right there and what we were listening to. Hearing this record recently, though, I was surprised at how \"southern\" some of it sounds, and I think the influence of bands like Drivin' n' Cryin' and of course R.E.M. is there under the fuzz. I remember thinking the solo 4-track demo of \"Slack Motherfucker\" sounded like Tom Petty. I can't find it now to prove it to you, but take my word for it. I was living in NYC finishing school when we made this record, so rehearsals and recording were all rushed. I'm surprised we knew this many songs well enough to record them. Twenty-seven years later, we still play at least three or four of these songs live occasionally (one of them all the time...), which says something good about a few of the songs, anyway! We got so much better as a band, and as songwriters, that it's hard to even see this as any kind of template for what Superchunk would eventually be, but it's definitely where we were at in 1989\/90.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSick to Move\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Noise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Let It Go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Swinging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Slow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Slack Motherfucker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Binding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Down the Hall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Half a Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Not Tomorrow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005482426589,"sku":"673855016214","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3686133.jpg?v=1727246388"},{"product_id":"superchunk-come-pick-me-up-1","title":"Superchunk- Come Pick Me Up (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. In March of 1999, Superchunk traveled to Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago to record the tracks that would become Come Pick Me Up. The addition of producer Jim O'Rourke allowed Superchunk to advance their sound with more experimentation, including horn and string accompaniments. Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, and Bob Weston provided the horn section (saxophone, trombone, and trumpet, respectively) while Fred Longberg-Holm and Suzanne Roberts contributed on cello and violin. \"It was exciting to work in the big room downstairs at Electrical. For part of our visit we also slept there, in the dark except for lights on all the gear blinking. It snowed a ton the day we got there, and I didn't go outside for the first five or six days we were there,\" Mac recalls. \"I read an interview where O'Rourke said we tried to make a two-month record in two weeks or something. I'm sure he's right-we never wanted to spend the time or money making records the 'proper' way, but I like how this record came out, and it has some of my favorite songs of ours on it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo Convinced\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hello Hawk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cursed Mirror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1000 Pounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Good Dreams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Low Branches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pink Clouds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Smarter Hearts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Honey Bee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e June Showers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pulled Muscle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tiny Bombs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e You Can Always Count on Me (In the Worst Way)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005892944093,"sku":"673855016313","price":22.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/2890060.jpg?v=1727233923"},{"product_id":"superchunk-indoor-living-reissue","title":"Superchunk- Indoor Living (Reissue) (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing including digital download. Reissue of this 1997 album from the College Rock heroes. Indoor Living is about domestication: The taming and training of human beings to inhabit each others' lives, during which a certain amount of blood is spilled. But anyone can write a break-up record, anyone can color in a broken heart all black. It takes a more sophisticated eye to find the light and perfect moments that happen even when we wish they didn't, and INDOOR LIVING is a scrapbook of those moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnbelievable Things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Burn Last Sunday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Marquee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Watery Hands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nu Bruises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Every Single Instinct\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Song for Marion Brown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Popular Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Under Our Feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e European Medicine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Martinis on the Roof\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006325678301,"sku":"673855012919","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/2498575.jpg?v=1727222567"},{"product_id":"superchunk-what-a-time-to-be-alive","title":"Superchunk- What A Time To Be Alive (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the shocking, and for many, demoralizing result of the 2016 election, \"I didn't buy the silver lining some were promoting that 'well, at least art and music will be great now!', \" says Superchunk co-founder and frontman Mac McCaughan. \"Obviously, any sane person would gladly trade four to eight years of terrible music for not having our country dismantled to satisfy the whims of a vengeful child and his enablers.\" That said, good music and art still have a lot to say, and the urgency of current events gave Mac, Laura, Jim, and Jon the momentum to make something new sooner than later. \"It would be strange to be in a band, at least our band, and make a record that completely ignored the surrounding circumstances that we live in and that our kids are going to grow up in.\" Enter What a Time to Be Alive, Superchunk's first album in over four years, out February 16, 2018, on Merge Records. It's a record, says Mac, \"about a pretty dire and depressing situation but hopefully not a record that is dire and depressing to listen to.\" Indeed, like so much of Superchunk's music in the band's nearly three decades together, the songs on What a Time to Be Alive meet rage and anxiety head-on with the catharsis and exhilaration of loud punk fire and vulnerable pop energy. Like 2013's I Hate Music, which focused on death, loss, and the role of music in an aging life, the new record brings spirit to the frontlines of pain-it's as defiant as it is despairing, as much a call to arms as a throwing up of hands. Written almost entirely between November 2016 and February 2017, What a Time to Be Alive was recorded and mixed by Beau Sorenson, who also worked on I Hate Music. \"He's possibly the first engineer we've worked with that I had to ask to turn down the guitars, \" says Mac. \"Not too much, though.\" The record also features more guest backing vocalists than any previous Superchunk album, including Sabrina Ellis (A Giant Dog, Sweet Spirit), Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee), Stephin Merritt (The Magnetic Fields), Skylar Gudasz, and David Bazan. \"Part of that was wanting a feeling of community, \" says Mac. \"I think that's important to not be completely bummed out about everything all the time.\" The title track charges in first and says it all. \"Every dumb racist in America saw the election as a signal to come out of their holes, \" says Mac (You brushed your teeth and found your calling \/ at the bottom of a swamp \/ There was no air but to be clear \/ darkness was all you wanted). \"The country was built on white supremacy, and these people want to undo any incremental progress that has been made. It is frightening and enough to make you nuts.\" The record travels through the ensuing shock and chaos, from the pointed Fuck Yous (\"Bad Choices, \" \"Cloud of Hate, \" \"All for You\") to the What Nows (\"Lost My Brain, \" \"Break the Glass\"). Merritt and Crutchfield join on \"Erasure, \" a resonant confrontation of the objective and consequences of fear and hatred wimp. \"One goal of a bigot is to erase the history, experience, and existence of anyone they perceive to be 'other' than them, \" says Mac. \"It makes creating your own vision of reality so much easier...\" Despite the album's driving force, it would be a mistake to call the album political, which suggests it has anything to do with parties, policy, or anything that can be broken down into a rational difference of opinion. \"We're not trying to offer policy solutions in the confines of a three-minute song, \" says Mac. \"It's about 'how do you live \/ not go crazy' in the current climate when it seems like every day there's a new outrage being perpetrated.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat a Time to Be Alive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lost My Brain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Break the Glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bad Choices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dead Photographers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Erasure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Got Cut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Reagan Youth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cloud of Hate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e All for You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Black Thread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006687371485,"sku":"673855062013","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3445441-2540842.jpg?v=1727210126"},{"product_id":"superchunk-foolish-2","title":"Superchunk- Foolish (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNext in the series of Superchunk reissues, Merge Records offers 1994's FOOLISH on September 13. Originally recorded with Brian Paulson (Wilco, Slint), FOOLISH is the fourth album by Superchunk (and first full length on Merge), and includes the singles \"The First Part\" and \"Driveway to Driveway.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike a Fool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The First Part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Water Wings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Driveway to Driveway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Saving My Ticket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Kicked in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Why Do You Have to Put a Date on Everything\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Without Blinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Keeping Track\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Revelations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stretched Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In a Stage Whisper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"aec","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006714831069,"sku":"673855006017","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/1876533.jpg?v=1727208986"},{"product_id":"superchunk-heres-where-the-strings-come-in-3","title":"Superchunk- Here's Where the Strings Come in (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere's Where the Strings Come In here is remastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Company from the original 1\/2\" reels and newly packaged in LP-style cardboard sleeves. The heavy-duty vinyl jackets were reprinted by Stoughton Printing Co., the same plant that produced them for the original 1995 release. Both physical versions will also come with bonus downloads of The Clambakes Vol. 5 a live Superchunk recording from 2003, and several exclusive demos of songs that appear on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHyper Enough 3:31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Silverleaf and Snowy Tears 5:17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Yeah It's Beautiful Here Too 3:46\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Iron on 3:52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sunshine State 5:00\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Detroit Has a Skyline - 2:50\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Eastern Terminal - 5:55\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Animated Airplanes Over Germany - 4:14\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Green Flowers Blue Fish - 3:51\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Here's Where the Strings Come in - 3:52\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Certain Stars - 5:55\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006747402461,"sku":"673855009018","price":22.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/1819723.jpg?v=1727207695"},{"product_id":"superchunk-majesty-shredding-1","title":"Superchunk- Majesty Shredding (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince releasing their first 7-inch in '89, Superchunk has run the gamut of milestone albums: early punk rock stompers, polished mid-career masterpieces, and lush, adventurous curveballs. Conventional wisdom holds that a band two decades into it's career can only rehash or reinvent, but with Majesty Shredding, Superchunk has done something entirely different. Neither a return nor a departure, Majesty Shredding telescopes two decades into 41 indelible, action-packed minutes. It is the sound of youthful exuberance fine-tuned with grown-up confidence. And it may very well be their best record yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDigging for Something\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Gap Feels Weird\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rosemarie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Crossed Wires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Slow Drip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fractures in Plaster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Learned to Surf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Winter Games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rope Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hot Tubes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Everything at Once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006799929565,"sku":"673855038018","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/1681541.jpg?v=1727205762"},{"product_id":"superchunk-on-the-mouth-2","title":"Superchunk- On the Mouth (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThird proper full-length, recorded in LA with greaser \/ handyman \/ all-around good guy John Reis of Rocket from the Crypt... The plot thickens, the songs lengthen, contains hits like \"The Question is How Fast\" and \"Precision Auto.\" the 180 gm vinyl reissue contains an mp3 coupon for download.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrecision Auto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e From the Curve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e For Tension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Package Thief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Swallow That\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Guess I Remembered It Wrong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e New Low\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Untied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Question Is How Fast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Trash Heap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Flawless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Only Piece That You Get\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006806647005,"sku":"673855017013","price":22.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/1637717.jpg?v=1727205456"},{"product_id":"superchunk-i-hate-music","title":"Superchunk- I Hate Music (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2013 150 G vinyl LP pressing packaged in a die-cut sleeve. Hate Music is an album about love more than anything else: love of life, love of living, love of people, and yeah, love of music. It defies it's own title so completely and diligently that it never even seems like a fair fight: There's no pain this deep or yearning this severe without the type of love earned over a lifetime. It's dark in here, but if we conjure the right words and sounds, maybe we'll find our way out. Includes download coupon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverflows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Me ; You ; Jackie Mittoo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Void\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Staying Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Low F\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Trees of Celona\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Breaking Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Out of the Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Your Theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Foh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What Can We Do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45007035826397,"sku":"673855048017","price":17.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/2266301.jpg?v=1727197687"},{"product_id":"superchunk-songs-in-the-key-of-yikes-peak-vinyl-orange-black-swirl","title":"Superchunk- Songs in the Key of Yikes (Peak Vinyl, Orange \u0026 Black Swirl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Bruised Lung.” “No Hope.” “Care Less.” “Climb the Walls.” “Everybody Dies.” Scanning the tracklist of Songs in the Key of Yikes (out August 22, 2025), one is given to wonder: Is Superchunk okay? In a world that’s arguably darker than the one that greeted Wild Loneliness in 2022 or What a Time to Be Alive in 2018, are any of us okay?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s always been the case that everyone is going through something that you may not be aware of,” notes Mac McCaughan. “This is currently more true than ever—but also the case that we are all going through some things together. In the face of that, what good is art and where is happiness found? (Spoiler alert: I don’t know.)”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn seeking an answer, Songs in the Key of Yikes unleashes a sound that is triumphant and bright in the darkness, Majesty Shredding in overdrive. Lead single “Is It Making You Feel Something” sets the tone early with the band—Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Jim Wilbur, and Laura King—building an anthem out of the potential for joy, diving into slop-polluted waters (“now fakes are faking everything \/ that once made your poor heart sing”) and emerging with a pearl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeak Vinyl LP: Single LP on orange \u0026amp; black swirl color vinyl with inner sleeve printed on uncoated paper. Hype sticker on front.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46466807726301,"sku":"673855087009","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/870_superchunk_songsinthekeyofyikes_PV1.jpg?v=1748872603"},{"product_id":"superchunk-songs-in-the-key-of-yikes","title":"Superchunk- Songs in the Key of Yikes (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Bruised Lung.” “No Hope.” “Care Less.” “Climb the Walls.” “Everybody Dies.” Scanning the tracklist of Songs in the Key of Yikes (out August 22, 2025), one is given to wonder: Is Superchunk okay? In a world that’s arguably darker than the one that greeted Wild Loneliness in 2022 or What a Time to Be Alive in 2018, are any of us okay?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s always been the case that everyone is going through something that you may not be aware of,” notes Mac McCaughan. “This is currently more true than ever—but also the case that we are all going through some things together. In the face of that, what good is art and where is happiness found? (Spoiler alert: I don’t know.)”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn seeking an answer, Songs in the Key of Yikes unleashes a sound that is triumphant and bright in the darkness, Majesty Shredding in overdrive. Lead single “Is It Making You Feel Something” sets the tone early with the band—Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Jim Wilbur, and Laura King—building an anthem out of the potential for joy, diving into slop-polluted waters (“now fakes are faking everything \/ that once made your poor heart sing”) and emerging with a pearl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD: CD in 4-panel wallet printed on uncoated stock, 8-page booklet printed on uncoated paper, hype sticker\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46466808283357,"sku":"673855087023","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/870_superchunk_songsinthekeyofyikes_1500.jpg?v=1748872767"},{"product_id":"superchunk-songs-in-the-key-of-yikes-1","title":"Superchunk- Songs In The Key Of Yikes (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Bruised Lung.\" \"No Hope.\" \"Care Less.\" \"Climb the Walls.\" \"Everybody Dies.\" Scanning the tracklist of Songs in the Key of Yikes, one is given to wonder: Is Superchunk okay? In a world that's arguably darker than the one that greeted Wild Loneliness in 2022 or What a Time to Be Alive in 2018, are any of us okay? \"It's always been the case that everyone is going through something that you may not be aware of,\" notes Mac McCaughan. \"This is currently more true than ever-but also the case that we are all going through some things together. In the face of that, what good is art and where is happiness found? (Spoiler alert: I don't know.)\" In seeking an answer, Songs in the Key of Yikes unleashes a sound that is triumphant and bright in the darkness, Majesty Shredding in overdrive. Lead single \"Is It Making You Feel Something\" sets the tone early with the band-McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Jim Wilbur, and Laura King-building an anthem out of the potential for joy, diving into slop-polluted waters (\"now fakes are faking everything \/ that once made your poor heart sing\") and emerging with a pearl. \"No Hope\" is similarly resilient, McCaughan's lyrics painting a crushing scene before entering it's titular refrain. He repeats the phrase nine times, pauses a beat, and transforms it's sentiment entirely, breaking the chant with the line \"and here we are singing.\" The lyric is sharp, at once a simple observation and a profound statement of being, the song's crushing nights and endless days no less so on it's account, but McCaughan's voice finds a certain sweetness in having endured, and continuing to do so. Paradoxically, the energy of Songs in the Key of Yikes borders on and sometimes spills into euphoria, as in \"Stuck in a Dream\" which emerges like a mirage-born oasis between \"Everybody Dies\" and \"Train on Fire,\" a full-sprint crowd pleaser suitable for pogoing in the pit. \"Care Less\" is a dark, comic mirror to that energy, a garage-y jam in which an acid-tongued McCaughan seeks refuge from the storm by pretending it's not raging right outside his door. This strategy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't. It's a song on a Superchunk album, and Superchunk albums are arguments against insularity, parties large enough to host everyone. This one, in addition to welcoming Laura King into the fold after two years as their touring drummer, features contributions from Rosali Middleman (\"Bruised Lung\" and \"Everybody Dies\"), Bella Quinlan and Holly Thomas of Quivers (\"Cue\"), and touring bassist Betsy Wright (\"Care Less\"). The album was engineered by Paul Voran (The Menzingers, Hurray for the Riff Raff) and Eli Webb, and mixed by Mike Montgomery (The Breeders, Protomartyr). Together, they reach no conclusions on what good art is in the face of crisis. They also make great art. 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It all makes me feel very nostalgic. Each song represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of the band and the baby steps that led to where we are now. On it you will find covers of songs we loved by The Shangri-Las, The Flys, and Sebadoh, as well as early versions of Superchunk classics. It also happens to be the first full-length that Merge Records ever released, thanks to Corey Rusk of Touch and Go reaching out and asking if his company could manufacture and distribute records on our behalf. 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