{"id":1964,"date":"2025-06-02T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/superchunk-key-up-for-13th-album\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:03:00","slug":"superchunk-key-up-for-13th-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/superchunk-key-up-for-13th-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Superchunk \u2018Key\u2019 Up For 13th Album, Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/06\/Superchunk-by-Alex-Cox-scaled.jpeg\" width=\"1290\" height=\"612\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Superchunk sound as sprightly as their early days on \u201cIs It Making You Feel Something,\u201d the first single from the beloved North Carolina indie rock band\u2019s 13th album, <em>Songs in the Key of Yikes<\/em>. The set will be released Aug. 22 on the band\u2019s longtime label, Merge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis song is about not second-guessing yourself in the very second-guessable process of writing words and music,\u201d frontman Mac McCaughan says. \u201cIt\u2019s about the legitimate question of \u2018who needs this and what is it good for?\u2019 but also about not setting such a high bar for making art that you never get started. \u2018Is it making you feel something?\u2019 OK, that\u2019s a place to start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/06\/best-albums-of-2025-so-far\/\">Best Albums of 2025 (So Far)<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/06\/failure-documentary-heading-to-hulu\/\">Failure Documentary Heading To Hulu<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/06\/alex-warren-is-anything-but-ordinary\/\">Alex Warren is Anything But \u2018Ordinary\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Songs in the Key of Yikes<\/em> is the first Superchunk album since 1991\u2019s <em>No Pocky for Kitty<\/em> to not feature drummer Jon Wurster, who left in 2023 to focus on his work with the Mountain Goats and Bob Mould. His role has since been filled by Laura King, who appears on the album. Superchunk is rounded out by longtime guitarist Jim Wilbur and original bassist Laura Ballance, who no longer tours with the band but remains an active contributor to their recordings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always been the case that everyone is going through something that you may not be aware of,\u201d McCaughan says. \u201cThis is currently more true than ever\u2014but also the case that we are <em>all<\/em> going through some things together. In the face of that, what good is art and where is happiness found? (Spoiler alert: I don\u2019t know.)\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Superchunk will support <em>Yikes<\/em> on a two-leg fall North American tour, beginning Sept. 5 in Richmond, Va. Click here to pre-order the new album and a limited-edition seven-inch single with \u201cIs It Making You Feel Something\u201d backed by the exclusive b-side \u201cSirens &amp; Lights.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"0k8iE0Q8qBI\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-here-are-superchunk-s-tour-dates\">Here are Superchunk\u2019s tour dates:<\/h2>\n<p>Sep 05: Richmond, VA \u2013 Richmond Music Hall<br \/>Sep 09: Washington, DC \u2013 Black Cat *<br \/>Sep 10: Philadelphia, PA \u2013 Ardmore Music Hall *<br \/>Sep 11: New York, NY \u2013 Bowery Ballroom *<br \/>Sep 12: Boston, MA \u2013 The Crystal Ballroom *<br \/>Sep 13: Portsmouth, NH \u2013 3S Artspace *<br \/>Sep 14: Woodstock, NY \u2013 Bearsville Theater *<br \/>Sep 16: Pittsburgh, PA \u2013 Thunderbird Cafe &amp; Music Hall *<br \/>Sep 17: Cleveland, OH \u2013 Grog Shop *<br \/>Sep 18: Kalamazoo, MI \u2013 Bell\u2019s Eccentric Cafe *<br \/>Sep 19: Sawyer, MI \u2013 Out There (Special Acoustic Show)<br \/>Oct 09: Pioneertown, CA \u2013 Pappy &amp; Harriet\u2019s<br \/>Oct 10: Las Vegas, NV \u2013 Best Friends Fest\u00a0<br \/>Oct 13: Denver, CO \u2013 The Gothic Theatre ^<br \/>Oct 14: Salt Lake City, UT \u2013 Urban Lounge ^<br \/>Oct 15: Boise, ID \u2013 Shrine Social Club Ballroom ^<br \/>Oct 17: Seattle, WA \u2013 Tractor Tavern ^<br \/>Oct 18: Portland, OR \u2013 Mississippi Studios ^<br \/>Oct 19: Portland, OR \u2013 Mississippi Studios ^<br \/>Oct 21: San Francisco, CA\u00a0 \u2013 The Independent ^<br \/>Oct 23: Los Angeles, CA\u00a0 \u2013 Teragram Ballroom ^<\/p>\n<p>* w\/ Tee Vee Repairmann<br \/>^ w\/ Case Oats<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superchunk sound as sprightly as their early days on \u201cIs It Making You Feel Something,\u201d the first single from the beloved North Carolina indie rock band\u2019s 13th album, Songs in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,24,1262],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pushly","category-superchunk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}