Superchunk C or D

Unfortunately, it did not place on the 1990s poll that Gear is conducting. But don't worry, 1992gax!, I placed "slack mofo" quite high, in a compensatory move. Now, I will go listen to "Cool" for the third time in a row.

From an old Superchunk.com news update: "Superchunk's teen anthem of '89, "Slack MF" came in at #19 in Spin magazine's "Top 20 Singles of The Decade" poll."

As for the question at hand, dud. I mean really, that voice....

On The Mouth is probably my fave full-length of the era where each album had one specific sound the whole way through. I can't wait for another album, yet I never have the urge to buy any Portastatic. This is probably contradictory.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ccolcord/detail?entry_id=74667

Superchunk’s Here’s Where the Strings Come In has been out of print for years, and in celebration of Record Store Day (this weekend!), we are reissuing it on CD and LP.

Remastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Company from the original 1/2” reels, the album will be available for the first time on 180-gram vinyl (with download coupon) and on CD 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.

The new and improved version of Here’s Where the Strings Come In will include exclusive acoustic demos of songs from the Strings sessions, as well as a free download of The Clambakes Vol. 5: Cup of Clams. Recorded on October 16, 2003, at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC, by an unknown recordist, this live Superchunk performance was edited and mastered by Mac with additional editing by Brian Paulson.

Mac offers this description of the event: “This show took place as part of the small tour we did in 2003 in support of the Cup of Sand 2-CD singles and rarities compilation. Hence the setlist now appears kind of bizarre as it’s stocked with B-sides we’ve hardly ever played live (“White Noise”) and then-unreleased songs like ‘Knock Knock Knock,’ among more familiar numbers. Sure, there are a few haphazard moves, but it wouldn’t be a clambake otherwise… Hope you enjoy.”

Superchunk – The Clambakes Vol. 5: Cup of Clams Live at the Cat’s Cradle, October 2003

1. Tiny Bombs
2. The Majestic
3. New Low
4. Watery Hands
5. Becoming a Speck
6. Knock Knock Knock
7. Hello Hawk
8. Cast Iron
9. White Noise
10. Nu Bruises
11. Screw It Up
12. The First Part
13. 100,000 Fireflies
14. Like a Fool
15. Freaks in Charge
16. Package Thief
17. Throwing Things

Superchunk’s Here’s Where the Strings Come In has been out of print for years

...this seems, uh, wrong? De Beers/al Saud-style supply tactics?

yeah thats weird, and remastering it? really?

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

Mac (on drums/vox!), Soo-Young & Lexi covering TVPS on a rare(?) b-side:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dHdpDW3IOE

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.

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.

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.

this is my favorite album by my favorite band

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.