Superchunk C or D

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

I heard that Laura can’t play with them live anymore, due to extreme hearing damage? That’s really awful

lol I thought I had clicked on the Big Thief thread and was like "wow whatever this aging filter is, it's really realistic."

Not really feeling this new album. Only about halfway through so far but the only song sticking with me is “Endless Summer”

I also didn't feel the new one. Not as loud, not as angry. Good for Mac for not needing to be, I guess.

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.

What A Time to Be Alive is a masterpiece

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:43 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

― mookieproof, Thursday, January 7, 2021 12:10 AM (

i'd like to blame the arcade fire somehow.

I have not heard this new one yet but, uh, did I miss something?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CofAEmQOoDv/?igshid=NTdlMDg3MTY%3D

wurster out!

He doesn’t mention Laura in that note - did she leave the band too at some point?

I think she retired from performing live (outside of one-offs here and there) due to hearing damage, but still plays on the records

But Wurster is still in Mountain Goats and (with Narducy) Mould? He's probably pretty busy for three bands.

every time i saw superchunk my eyes were on wurster, it was so fun watching him play those songs

I think she retired from performing live (outside of one-offs here and there) due to hearing damage, but still plays on the records

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Ah, that’s right.

he's gonna be replaced by philly boy roy

that IG post struck me more like he was going laura's route, no? just not performing live with the band anymore.

I dunno, when you say your heart is not in it, it's hard to read that as any sort of hedge.

oh damn. spent 30 years basically staring at him drum every time I've seen 'em. gonna be weird without him.

I think she retired from performing live (outside of one-offs here and there) due to hearing damage, but still plays on the records

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.

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.

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.