Merge (2024)
If there's one thing I'm going to do, it's buy a new Superchunk 7" when it is released. I have a whole pile of them and I have no intention of stopping that collection as long as the band keeps putting them out. I will continue to do that despite the bands uneven output the last few years, which this 7" is another example of.
The A side is a new original song called "Everybody Dies." It's certainly louder than most of the songs from Superchunk's last full length, and that's a good thing. It's built off of a noisy guitar riff in the verse, which blasts off into the traditional super-catchy, Superchunk chorus. It's a great song and if it's any indication of what the next Superchunk full length might sound like, sign me up for that.
The B-side is "In a Blender," a cover of an Alastair Galbraith that I'm not familiar with. When the music starts up, it's upbeat with crunchy guitars and I'm pretty into it. But when Mac starts singing, the song goes off the rails for me. I'm not sure if it's just an odd vocal melody that he's dealing with or what, but it just sounds so odd and I'll probably not listen to it again. But hey, the A-side is great, so that's worth it to me.
Superchunk - Everybody Dies:
https://superchunk.bandcamp.com/album/everybody-dies
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