After a nearly 10 year absence, alt-rock stalwarts Superchunk returned in 2010 with a new album called Majesty Shredding that showed that they had lost none of their pep or chops in their time out. The band has today announced the follow up to that record, and their tenth overall, I Hate Music, which will come out on Merge on August 20th.
I Hate Music is said to be the “dark twin” to Majesty Shredding, possessing the same energey with some even more aggressive moments. The title “isn’t tongue-in-cheek, but it’s really more a question than a statement: When you’re 20, lazy co-workers and romantic missteps number among your biggest worries; two decades later, life’s bigger questions knock louder and louder, demanding answers.”
The press release goes on to say that “I Hate Music is an album about love more than anything else: love of life, love of living, love of people, and yeah, love of music.”
Watch the trailer for I Hate Music, which features clips from several new songs, below, and check out the track list and Superchunk’s tour dates beneath.
I Hate Music track list:
01. Overflows
02. Me & You & Jackie Mittoo
03. Void
04. Staying Home
05. Low F
06. Trees of Barcelona
07. Breaking Down
08. Out of the Sun
09. Your Theme
10. FOH
11. What Can We Do
Superchunk on tour:
# w/ Spider Bags
Jun 20 Calgary, AB – Sled Island @ Republik
Aug 22 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
Aug 23 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
Aug 24 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Sep 02 Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot
Sep 03 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Sep 04 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
Sep 06 Portland, OR – MusicFestNW @ Crystal Ballroom
Sep 23 Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater#
Sep 24 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer#
Sep 26 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club#
Sep 27 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom#
Sep 28 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom#
Sep 29 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club#
