is the title of "My Gap Feels Weird" borrowed from a comment that Mac & Laura's kid made about a tooth-loss vacancy? this is something that has bothered me for ten years now but I never had anyone to ask
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 25 September 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
mac & laura are married to different people and do not have a kid together
that sounds vaguely familiar tho. probably mac's child, as i think he writes all the lyrics
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 September 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link
well shoot, you learn something new every day. not always the thing you were wondering about, but still
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 25 September 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
I think I might actually prefer their more recent albums to the "classic" 90s stuff which I was a little bit too old/weird for at the time
Well, it’s all the same song (lol)
― Scam Likely (morrisp), Thursday, September 24, 2020 7:06 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
but it's a good song!
― Josh in Chicago
this is true of many great bands!
― sleeve, Friday, 25 September 2020 03:20 (three years ago) link
one of the great not-really-an-emo-band-but-every-member-of-an-emo-band-loooved-superchunk bands
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link
What A Time to Be Alive is a masterpiece
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
otm
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 January 2021 05:10 (three years ago) link
new album in february
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
!!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
Love this adorable picture of Wurster with his parents and grandpa:
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600/d6def11edb558fe8b0e917cc9b05792a.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 16:46 (two years ago) link
I heard that Laura can’t play with them live anymore, due to extreme hearing damage? That’s really awful
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
lol I thought I had clicked on the Big Thief thread and was like "wow whatever this aging filter is, it's really realistic."
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 17:34 (two years ago) link
Not really feeling this new album. Only about halfway through so far but the only song sticking with me is “Endless Summer”
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 25 February 2022 21:54 (two years ago) link
I also didn't feel the new one. Not as loud, not as angry. Good for Mac for not needing to be, I guess.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 25 February 2022 21:56 (two years ago) link
the albums in their best stretch--here's where the strings come in through here's to shutting up--aren't very loud or angry. i think the comeback quality dip is just boring songwriting. i'd like to blame the arcade fire somehow.
― adam, Friday, 25 February 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:43 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mookieproof, Thursday, January 7, 2021 12:10 AM (
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 February 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link
i'd like to blame the arcade fire somehow.
I have not heard this new one yet but, uh, did I miss something?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 February 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CofAEmQOoDv/?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY%3D
wurster out!
― na (NA), Friday, 10 February 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link
He doesn’t mention Laura in that note - did she leave the band too at some point?
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 10 February 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
I think she retired from performing live (outside of one-offs here and there) due to hearing damage, but still plays on the records
― JRN, Friday, 10 February 2023 15:48 (one year ago) link
But Wurster is still in Mountain Goats and (with Narducy) Mould? He's probably pretty busy for three bands.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 February 2023 16:21 (one year ago) link
every time i saw superchunk my eyes were on wurster, it was so fun watching him play those songs
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 10 February 2023 16:54 (one year ago) link
― JRN, Friday, February 10, 2023 bookmarkflaglink
Ah, that’s right.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 10 February 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
he's gonna be replaced by philly boy roy
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 February 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
that IG post struck me more like he was going laura's route, no? just not performing live with the band anymore.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 10 February 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
I dunno, when you say your heart is not in it, it's hard to read that as any sort of hedge.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 February 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link
oh damn. spent 30 years basically staring at him drum every time I've seen 'em. gonna be weird without him.
― charlie brown from outta town (GM), Friday, 10 February 2023 21:31 (one year ago) link
I can believe it. I saw them at Webster last year and it was one of the loudest shows I've been to, maybe the loudest.
― birdistheword, Friday, 10 February 2023 23:42 (one year ago) link
My friend played guitar at a benefit in a band with Wurster on drums, and he said he hit harder and louder than anyone he'd played with before.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 February 2023 23:57 (one year ago) link
Mac (on drums/vox!), Soo-Young & Lexi covering TVPS on a rare(?) b-side:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dHdpDW3IOE
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 August 2023 03:52 (nine months ago) link
On the Mouth is a perfect album. There's not one dud on it. I'd be hard-pressed to choose between it and Foolish , however. Favorites are those two, along with Come Pick Me Up and the Incidental Music (singles, miscellany) album.
Surely this band has been disussed extensively on here, my apologies. My opinion is definitely skewed; a result of having found their music (beginning with OTM) early on, while i was still in high school. I managed to catch them live once (Lollapalooza 1995), and they didn't leave a strong impression. I recall being overly enthusiastic for a disinterested friend to see them perform, locally. Sonic Youth's performance (ofc, they had the main stage) thrilled me. Washing Machine's introduction coincided with my first year of college, and i became enamoured of them.
I've been returning to On the Mouth lately, and it never fails to get stuck in my head (several of the songs, esp. from side 1) ... the noisy feedback of the guitars works so well (compared to say, that of sonic youth) because of the quality of the songwriting / hooks.
I listened to Here's Where the Strings Come in around Christmas time (visiting home, 'Eastern Terminal' was a favorite) and I still have the tape cassette, but it wasn't so thoroughly encoded in my head. Indoor Living has 2-3 songs that i liked, but i didn't find it all that remarkable. CPMU was the first Superchunk album which stoked enthusiasm in my friends as well, which was nice.
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:21 (five months ago) link
On the Mouth is by far my favorite too. I think the first half of Foolish might be their single best run of songs but the second half is not as strong.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:15 (five months ago) link
On the Mouth is probably my favorite too. I saw them live touring for that record in a warehouse space where punk bands used to play in Tucson. It was an amazing show and I remember them just hanging around with the audience after 2ards.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Saturday, 30 December 2023 23:49 (five months ago) link
this is my favorite album by my favorite band
― mookieproof, Sunday, 31 December 2023 00:02 (five months ago) link
LA residents: this album was recorded across the street from the Toyota dealership one block east of Amoeba. They recorded it on a week break of a nationwide tour with Polvo (eg, Drive Like Jehu/Superchunk/Polvo in San Diego which was A++). They came into our station and did a couple songs on a live session to work them out as well ("Package Thief" for sure). Wurster was spanking new and already contributing.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 31 December 2023 00:08 (five months ago) link