Superchunk C or D

Scanning the tracklist it is definitely one of the least regarded releases in their catalog... that said, "Watery Hands" is one of my all-time fave songs of theirs.

oh wait, that's the live tracklist, never mind.

Wish they'd have sent the actual tracklist for the damn reissue in the Merge email. This is actually my favorite Superchunk album and bonus acoustic demos would be reason enough for me to buy this. There's an acoustic "Detroit Has A Skyline" floating around on some CD single or something, iirc, that was pretty awesome.

Also LOL 'out of print' - used to be you could find this on CD for like two bucks

"Detroit Has A Skyline" acoustic is on the Cup of Sand compilation, and was probably one of my favorite songs ever (that version) the year I bought it.

Here’s Where the Strings Come In is pretty much the best rock record of the 90s imo, looking forward to the reish. and i saw one of the shows on the '03 tour the new Clambake is from, really fun show and "The Majestic" and "Becoming A Speck" are awesome underrated songs.

man, the first four songs on Foolish are such a high

"Keeping" is a monster too

still a regular summer jam for me.

yeah (said with a deep breath to express the years & the memories that I won't recount here)

foolish is very hit and miss for me, large chunks of it just don't connect at all. "why do you have to put a date on everything" is an all-time favorite though.

rocket fuel is the key

the new album is rather good

precision auto good?

don't blaspheme

how does this compare to majesty shredding?

i'm so bummed that Laura has hearing problems and isn't gonna be touring with the band this year :(

Not terribly into the two new songs on Spotify.

Never listened to this band until today- the only thing I knew about was a funny anecdote that was related to me- but this new album sounds pretty good. Wonder if it is in fact atypical and I wouldn't like anything else.

nothing they've done is atypical, really

iirc their publishing arm is 'all the songs sound the same (bmi)'

(shut up ned)

yeah if you dig this record you'd probably dig most of them (which was not necessarily the case with some of the later pre-hiatus records).

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUprgYRCUAAoiyI.jpg

exactly what I thought

how is babby made? punk-pop euphoria + my face

woooow. what publication is that?

FIRST NEW ORLEANS SHOW SINCE HALLOWEEN 2001. jon came out dressed like stallone in cobra. there was a dude dressed like one of the twin towers with each of his arms half of a plane. strange days.

when i was a teenager in DC i saw superchunk play like every couple of months. all the time. now it's been 12 years. /peers into silent terrifying chasm of age and death

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/09/27/superchunks-mac-mccaughan-on-d-c-s-old-days-yo-la-tengo-and-aging-out-of-sisters-of-mercy/

Mac talks about all those DC gigs plus times he used to come up to DC to see other groups play here

that's very cool. thanks!

No probs, that just got posted today.

I like the song "Me and You and Jackie Mittoo" . I also just like saying that

This new record is surprisingly excellent, I listened to/reviewed it for my radio station the other day.

My pal Josh played "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo" the other night at Fenway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl165mXyy9M

After not hearing it for a long long while, I think I love I hate music more than ever.

man, i think Black Thread from their new album might be my favorite song they've ever done.

they are on a roll in my opinion

wurster kicks all types of ass on the latest record

Yes it's a fantastic record

love the record. "Reagan Youth" doesn't fail to bring me up short.

Honestly never gave Superchunk much time, for no good reason, despite traveling in similar circles as listener and peer, I guess. But I told our little house robot to play Superchunk tonight and damned if every song so far hasn't been really good.

Well, it’s all the same song (lol)

but it's a good song!

Not fair, they got a lot more dynamic over time.

I haven't paid all that much attention post-Foolish but on those occasions when I revisit the early records I find myself enjoying them almost as much as I did as a kidlet. Though, yeah, some nostalgia may be involved; amusing that that's a major theme upthread!

I saw them once, paired with Buffalo Tom. Pretty good, IIRC!

All the Songs Sound the Same Music (BMI)

also fuck you all they are the best band ever

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

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

well shoot, you learn something new every day. not always the thing you were wondering about, but still

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!

one of the great not-really-an-emo-band-but-every-member-of-an-emo-band-loooved-superchunk bands

What A Time to Be Alive is a masterpiece

otm