Indie-rock mainstays Superchunk are again with new music. Songs in the Key of Yikes, their thirteenth studio LP and follow-up to 2022’s Wild Loneliness, arrives August 22 through Merge. Superchunk have shared the brand new track “Is It Making You Feel Something” to ring within the information, and you may take heed to it under; scroll down for Superchunk’s upcoming tour dates.
“This track is about not second-guessing your self within the very second-guessable means of writing phrases and music,” mentioned bandleader Mac McCaughan. “It’s concerning the authentic query of ‘who wants this and what’s it good for?’ but in addition about not setting such a excessive bar for making artwork that you just by no means get began. ‘Is it making you are feeling one thing?’ OK, that’s a spot to start out.”
Together with “Is It Making You Really feel One thing,” Songs within the Key of Yikes will embody Superchunk’s latest songs “Everybody Dies” and “Bruised Lung.” McCaughan is joined on the brand new album by bassist Laura Ballance, guitarist Jim Wilbur, and drummer Laura King. There are additionally visitor contributions from Rosali Intermediary, Bella Quinlan, Quivers’ Holly Thomas, and touring bassist Betsy Wright.
Examine Superchunk’s “Slack Motherfucker” in “The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s.”
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Songs within the Key of Yikes:
01 Is It Making You Really feel One thing
02 Bruised Lung [ft. Rosali]
03 No Hope
04 Care Much less
05 Climb the Partitions
06 Cue
07 Everyone Dies
08 Caught in a Dream
09 Prepare on Hearth
10 Some Inexperienced
Superchunk:
09-05 Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Corridor
09-09 Washington, D.C. – Black Cat &
09-10 Philadelphia, PA – Ardmore Music Corridor &
09-11 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom &
09-12 Boston, MA – The Crystal Ballroom &
09-13 Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace &
09-14 Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater &
09-16 Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Cafe & Music Corridor &
09-17 Cleveland, OH – Grog Store &
09-18 Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe &
09-19 Sawyer, MI – Out There
10-09 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s
10-10 Las Vegas, NV – Finest Mates Fest
10-13 Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre ^
10-14 Salt Lake Metropolis, UT – City Lounge ^
10-15 Boise, ID – Shrine Social Membership Ballroom ^
10-17 Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern ^
10-18 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios ^
10-19 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios ^
10-21 San Francisco, CA – The Unbiased ^
10-23 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom ^
& with Tee Vee Repairmann
^ with Case Oats
