Superchunk have a new album on the way, and they’ve shared one of its tracks with the announcement. The band’s next record is titled Wild Loneliness and it’s out February 25 via Merge. They’ll tour in support of the project next year beginning in late February, joined by Torres, Wednesday, Mike Krol, and Quasi on different legs. Listen to “Endless Summer” from Wild Loneliness and see the full tour schedule below.
“‘Endless Summer’ was written on New Year’s Day 2020 which was unseasonably warm here in North Carolina. Of course, by the time we recorded it, ‘endless summer’ had other meanings,” bandleader Mac McCaughan explained in a statement about the single.
Wild Loneliness features contributions from Sharon Van Etten, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Wye Oak’s Andy Stack, Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell, and more.
Superchunk’s album arrives nearly four years after the band’s previous record, 2018’s What a Time to Be Alive. Earlier this year, the band reissued the 2001 album Here’s to Shutting Up for its 20th anniversary, after sharing a Sisters of Mercy cover with a new song titled “There’s a Ghost” last Halloween.
Wild Loneliness:
01 City of the Dead
02 Endless Summer
03 On the Floor
04 Highly Suspecft
05 Set It Aside
06 This Night
07 Wild Loneliness
08 Refracting
09 Connection
10 If You’re Not Dark
Superchunk:
02-25 Winston-Salem, NC – Ramkat *
02-26 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle *
03-01 Washington, D.C. – Black Cat *
03-02 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
03-03 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel *
03-04 Holyoke, MA – Gateway City Arts *
03-05 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
03-07 Toronto, Ontario – Axis Club ^
03-08 Detroit, MI – El Club ^
03-09 Chicago, IL – Metro ^
03-11 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl ^
03-12 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West ^
04-04 Seattle, WA – Neumos %
04-05 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall %
04-07 San Francisco, CA – Independent #
04-09 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet’s #
04-10 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom #
* with Torres
^ with Wednesday
% with Quasi
# with Mike Krol
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