Merge (2014, Reissue)
While I have had all of my favorite Superchunk full lengths on vinyl for quite some time, there are a few records that I don't like quite as much as some of the others and haven't picked them up. One is Here's to Shutting Up, which has been out of print and expensive until a repress that came out this year. The other is Indoor Living, which is probably my least favorite album by Superchunk.
Now, when I say this is my least favorite Superchunk record, it's kind of like saying Let It Be is my least favorite Beatles album/. When you're comparing a record to some of the ,ost perfect records ever released, something has to be your least favorite, but it's not to say that this record is bad or un-good. I just don't like it as much as the others.
I think the main reason why I don't like this one as much is because it's a pretty mellow affair, all things considered. Especially considering that it was the next album released after the explosive Here's Where The Strings Come In, I think it was bound to be something of a letdown as I was hoping for more of the same. But the songs are well written and well played, I just think I'd like them more if there was a bit more oomph. This was the first of a trifecta of slower Superchunk albums. I think that Come Pick Me Up pulled off this style the best of the bunch, but for me, I like my Superchunk loud, fast and full of that distorted guitar that I love so much.
Superchunk - Indoor Living:
https://superchunk.bandcamp.com/album/indoor-living-remastered
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