Album review
Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan has announced his second solo album: The Sound of Yourself arrives September 24 via Merge. The new single ‘Dawn Bends’, which McCaughan describes as “a cautionary tale about getting a little too into the isolation,” is out today, and it features Yo La Tengo and Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster. Give it a listen below, and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.
The Sound of Yourself also features contributions from TORRES, Mountain Goats’ Matt Douglas, and A Giant Dog’s Sabrina Ellis. Talking about the process behind the album, McCaughan said in a statement: “Each day is blurring into the next, so what are we doing today? How can I disrupt this? I think what resulted was a theme of subdued… ‘joy’ is the wrong word, but it’s at least comforting if not propulsive to have something open-ended to work on every day without any kind of structure or deadline or rules.”
The Sound of Yourself Cover Artwork:
The Sound of Yourself Tracklist:
1. Moss Light
2. The Sound of Yourself
3. I Hear a Radio
4. 36 and Rain
5. Burn a Fax
6. Gen Ash
7. Circling Around
8. R Dream
9. Sleep Donor
10. Dawn Bends
11. Found Cricket
