Superchunk

Performer: Superchunk
Engineer: Jerry Kee
Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance

Notes: Superchunk: Mac McCaughan, Jack McCook (vocals, guitar); Laura Ballance (bass, background vocals); Chuck Garrison (drums). Recorded at Duck Kee Studios, Chapel Hill, North Carolina on December 18 & 19, 1990. Personnel: Jack McCook, Mac McCaughan (vocals, guitar); Chuck Garrison, Chunk (drums); Laura Ballance (background vocals). Recording information: Duck Kee Studios (01/18/1990/01/19/1990); Duck Lee Studios (01/18/1990/01/19/1990). Photographer: Buffy. This self-titled debut from Chapel Hill's finest proves that Superchunk's fledgling material is just as satisfyingly ambiguous as the group's more polished later albums. While the shouted vocals on a track like "Sick to Move" might remind one of the work of other artists, the song never explicitly reveals its influences. SUPERCHUNK reveals a group firmly establishing itself as the sole practitioner of an idiosyncratic genre of indie rock. "Swinging" and "My Noise" are good examples of the power of Superchunk's spell, and "Slack Motherfucker," perhaps the best song ever written about menial labor, is the icing on the cake. SUPERCHUNK is a great collection for neophytes and old fogies alike.

Spin (2/91) - "Sing-along choruses, scratchy vocals, relationship problems, and loud guitars...Superchunk spices up the usual recipe of melodic emotional punk rock with an occasional speed-metal ascending chord progression, pulling off the trick of sounding fresh and smart in a familiar genre."

Perhaps the quintessential US indie band of the 1990s, Superchunk picked up where '80s acts like Husker Du and the Replacements left off, at the intersection of pop and punk, adding a '90s twist and defining a new generation of alternative rock. Led by Mac McCaughan, the band released a string of albums whose punky power and melodic bent provide fodder for a subsequent generation of punk-pop and emo bands. On top of all that, the label Superchunk started, Merge, became one of the most important indie-rock sources of the era, hosting the Arcade Fire, Dinosaur Jr., Lambchop, the Magnetic Fields, and countless others.

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