Indie-rock mainstays Superchunk are again with new music. Songs within the Key of Yikes, their thirteenth studio LP and follow-up to 2022’s Wild Loneliness, arrives August 22 by way of Merge. Superchunk have shared the brand new tune “Is It Making You Really feel One thing” to ring within the information, and you’ll take heed to it beneath; scroll down for Superchunk’s upcoming tour dates.
“This tune is about not second-guessing your self within the very second-guessable means of writing phrases and music,” stated bandleader Mac McCaughan. “It’s concerning the legit query of ‘who wants this and what’s it good for?’ but additionally 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 current songs “All people 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 Finest Songs of the Nineties.”
All merchandise featured on Pitchfork are independently chosen by our editors. Nevertheless, while you purchase one thing via our retail hyperlinks, we might earn an affiliate fee.
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 All people Dies
08 Caught in a Dream
09 Prepare on Fireplace
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 Buddies 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
