I missed the window of my favorite band’s full-time existence.įast-forward just a few years after that and the band would thankfully reemerge, comfortably settled into their classic sound, more frequently releasing music and heading back out for brief clusters of shows.
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Scattershot shows would pop up in major markets once or twice a year, and front man Mac McCaughan would pop in on the now-defunct Superchunk/Merge message boards from time to time but it seemed like the title of their 2001 full-length said it all. Based on its name, I assumed the worst about the band’s fate- and their lack of internet presence in that era all but confirmed it for me. And then there was Here’s to Shutting Up– slower, somber, and ominously titled. Come Pick Me Up was off-the-wall and intoxicating. Foolish was a classic that laid a blueprint that younger bands had followed for the last decade. On The Mouth was everything I hoped for after being hooked by Package Thief. It wasn’t an entirely joyous outing, though- even though I loved every album I picked up. I wouldn’t really find “my band” until 2004 or so, when I walked into what was then known as The Record Exchange in Canton and bought almost their entire discography in one go- minus Here’s Where the Strings Come In and Indoor Living. They became a frequent presence on my annual Christmas lists, but I don’t think their records were the easiest to find where I lived. It was my lightbulb moment for what I wanted out of music- frantic energy, bright fuzzy chords, catchy melodies, and weird lyrics. Superchunk’s song and video for Package Thief was what rattled me, though. All of these bands were rooted in the world that I knew, but they were decidedly original and a bit more unpredictable.
Archers of Loaf, Seaweed, and Sonic Youth all hit me like a ton of bricks. Suddenly the world opened up in front of me. Sure, I had cool parents and an older brother who passed down the foundations of my musical interests- The Ramones, The Replacements, Dead Milkmen, and so on- but I had yet to find “my thing”. Growing up in Canton, Ohio in the pre-internet 1990’s wasn’t exactly a bustling hub of counter-culture for a young kid. 20th Anniversary Reissue of Here’s to Shutting Up now available at /store
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