Following a series of worldwide tours celebrating the 30th anniversary of their landmark album
Foolish in 2024, Superchunk’s return to the road is heralded by “Bruised Lung,” their first new
song in over a year. Since releasing their first 7-inch in 1989, Superchunk have run the gamut of
milestone albums: early punk rock stompers, polished mid-career masterpieces, and
adventurous curveballs. “Bruised Lung” finds them as vital as ever, a scorching guitar anthem
that at once recalls what has earned Superchunk their reverent following while looking forward
to their future. “Bruised Lung” is elevated by Merge Records favorite Rosali on lead guitar and
backing vocals. Catch Superchunk all over the country this fall.
Case Oats
Baseball caps and horsetails, porch swings and “all else that fails”—these are the lyrical stomping grounds of Case Oats, the group led by Casey Walker and Spencer Tweedy. Transplanted from Missouri to Chicago, Walker has a knack for getting to the “gooey heart” of relationships and experience, of bringing a city-dwelling life back down to earth. With an unadorned delivery and an unflinching eye, Walker relates songs about moving on, about growing up in the Midwest, and about loyalty to desperately flawed people and gratitude for pain, for the way things end up.
Case Oats’ yet-to-be-announced debut album is a well-defined, inviting labor of love. Light on pastiche and heavy on intention, their arrangements, backed by a group of longtime collaborators, put Case Oats on a continuum of porch-sitting, familiar songwriters.
