It's been eight years since Superchunk's last album. Some of us (ahem) are starting to feel a little old, especially when thinking of the contents of mixtapes made in high school, mixtapes that often featured Superchunk.
So the news that Superchunk is returning with new material for the music world is welcome (aka I can't be old if Superchunk becomes big on the indie scene again...don't question this logic too much, I beg you).
The Leaves in the Gutter EP features a collection of songs that the band has played during their lives shows, some songs more recent than others. Superchunk's Mac states that before releasing a new album with entirely unfamiliar material:
"...we kind of felt like if we're going to get to work on a new album we need to clear the decks of these songs first. A couple of them I really like but they already feel like they're from another era and wouldn't fit on a new album anyway, and the newer ones are from the new era but we've recorded them and they sound good so here they are."
My blank casette tape (ergh...mp3 memory stick?) is waiting...
