{"product_id":"superchunk-songs-in-the-key-of-yikes","title":"Superchunk - Songs in the Key of Yikes [Black or Indie Exclusive Orange \u0026 Black Swirl Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Bruised Lung.\" \"No Hope.\" \"Care Less.\" \"Climb the Walls.\" \"Everybody Dies.\" Scanning the tracklist of \u003cem\u003eSongs in the Key of Yikes,\u003c\/em\u003e one is given to wonder: Is Superchunk okay? In a world that's arguably darker than the one that greeted \u003cem\u003eWild Loneliness \u003c\/em\u003ein 2022 or \u003cem\u003eWhat a Time to Be Alive\u003c\/em\u003e in 2018, are any of us okay? \"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's always been the case that everyone is going through something that you may not be aware of,\" notes Mac McCaughan. \"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.)\" In seeking an answer, \u003cem\u003eSongs in the Key of Yikes\u003c\/em\u003e unleashes a sound that is triumphant and bright in the darkness, Majesty Shredding in overdrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLead single \"Is It Making You Feel Something\" sets the tone early with the band -McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Jim Wilbur, and Laura King - building an anthem out of the potential for joy, diving into slop-polluted waters (\"now fakes are faking everything \/ that once made your poor heart sing\") and emerging with a pearl. \"No Hope\" is similarly resilient, McCaughan's lyrics painting a crushing scene before entering it's titular refrain. He repeats the phrase nine times, pauses a beat, and transforms it's sentiment entirely, breaking the chant with the line \"and here we are singing.\" The lyric is sharp, at once a simple observation and a profound statement of being, the song's crushing nights and endless days no less so on it's account, but McCaughan's voice finds a certain sweetness in having endured, and continuing to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParadoxically, the energy of \u003cem\u003eSongs in the Key of Yikes\u003c\/em\u003e borders on and sometimes spills into euphoria, as in \"Stuck in a Dream\" which emerges like a mirage-born oasis between \"Everybody Dies\" and \"Train on Fire,\" a full-sprint crowd pleaser suitable for pogoing in the pit. \"Care Less\" is a dark, comic mirror to that energy, a garage-y jam in which an acid-tongued McCaughan seeks refuge from the storm by pretending it's not raging right outside his door. This strategy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't. It's a song on a Superchunk album, and Superchunk albums are arguments against insularity, parties large enough to host everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one, in addition to welcoming Laura King into the fold after two years as their touring drummer, features contributions from Rosali Middleman (\"Bruised Lung\" and \"Everybody Dies\"), Bella Quinlan and Holly Thomas of Quivers (\"Cue\"), and touring bassist Betsy Wright (\"Care Less\"). The album was engineered by Paul Voran (The Menzingers, Hurray for the Riff Raff) and Eli Webb, and mixed by Mike Montgomery (The Breeders, Protomartyr). Together, they reach no conclusions on what good art is in the face of crisis. They also make great art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSongs in the Key of Yikes\u003c\/em\u003e is a signature Superchunk album: visceral and timeless and catchy as hell-a cathartic balm for these oppressive times that will feel even better once we've figured our collective shit out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Is It Making You Feel Something\u003cbr\u003e2 Bruised Lung\u003cbr\u003e3 No Hope\u003cbr\u003e4 Care Less\u003cbr\u003e5 Climb the Walls\u003cbr\u003e6 Cue\u003cbr\u003e7 Everybody Dies\u003cbr\u003e8 Stuck in a Dream\u003cbr\u003e9 Train on Fire\u003cbr\u003e10 Some Green\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl","offer_id":46805311226030,"sku":"673855087016","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Indie Exclusive Orange \u0026 Black Swirl Vinyl","offer_id":46805311258798,"sku":"673855087009","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/6118\/0334\/files\/4433523-3408133.jpg?v=1755811274","url":"https:\/\/morrowrecords.com\/products\/superchunk-songs-in-the-key-of-yikes","provider":"Morrow Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}