Superchunk Announce New Album Songs in the Key of Yikes
Listen to lead single "Is It Making You Feel Something" below.
Photo by Alex Cox
Chapel Hill’s greatest export, Superchunk (Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Jim Wilbur, and Laura King), have announced their 13th album, Songs in the Key of Yikes, their follow-up to 2022’s Wild Loneliness. The LP is due out August 22 cia Merge Records, and lead single “Is It Making You Feel Something” is a timely release, with McCaughan saying, “It’s always been the case that everyone is going through something that you may not be aware of. This is currently more true than ever—but also the case that we are all going through some things together. In the face of that, what good is art and where is happiness found? (Spoiler alert: I don’t know.)”
McCaughn expands on “Is It Making You Feel Something” even further: “This song is about not second-guessing yourself in the very second-guessable process of writing words and music. It’s about the legitimate question of ‘who needs this and what is it good for?’ but also about not setting such a high bar for making art that you never get started. ‘Is it making you feel something?’ Ok, that’s a place to start.”
Listen to “Is It Making You Feel Something” and check out the Songs in the Key of Yikes artwork and tracklist below.
