Merge (2022)
It's difficult for me to not buy a Superchunk 7" if one is released. Last album not very good? I'll over look it. $15 price tag? I understand the costs of putting out records. B side is a cover song? It's fine, maybe the A side is really good. That's why I have dozens of Superchunk 7"s and to be honest, part of the mission now is just to keep the collection complete.
What I can happily report is that the A side, "There's A Ghost," is pretty great. I think I can say without any hesitation that it's probably better than any song on their most recent full length, Wild Loneliness. It's upbeat and catchy and isn't dwelling on on somber moods at all. This is the Superchunk I like best, the one that pulls me out of funks, not the one the piles on.
On the B side we have a Sisters of Mercy cover. I can't say I'm familiar with the original version of "Alice," or any Sisters of Mercy song to be honest. The Superchunk version is fine. It's moody, just like I was complimenting "There's a Ghost" for not being. And it has a over compressed feeling to it with a supreme lack of fuzzy guitar. I'll probably never listen to that side again, but the A side, that's a real winner. Give me an album full of songs like that please.
Superchunk - There's A Ghost 7":
https://superchunk.bandcamp.com/album/theres-a-ghost-b-w-alice
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