Superchunk – “Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007–2023” (Released 27th October 2023)

Description

//Merge Records//

£87.99 – 4xLP, Limited Edition Indies Exclusive Boxset (plus DL Code)

Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007–2023 is Superchunk’s fourth singles compilation, a massive, 4-LP  collection covering their triumphant return from hiatus. The amount of ground covered within its gorgeous packaging is staggering: 50 songs, 16 of which are on physical media for the first time, sourced from out-of-print releases, digital singles, compilations, and more, a vital piece of the Superchunk canon.

Featuring extensive liner notes by Mac McCaughan (with additional notes from Laura Ballance), Misfits & Mistakes tells the story of each release, from why they chose to cover songs by The Misfits, The Cure, Destiny’s Child, and Bananarama, to working with collaborators like Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee), Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go’s), Eleanor Friedberger, Damian Abraham (Fucked Up), Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley (Teenage Fanclub), and more!

Tracklisting:

Side A
1. Learned to Surf
2. Misfits & Mistakes
3. Screw It Up
4. Knock Knock Knock
5. Learned to Surf (Acoustic Demo)
6. In Between Days

Side B
7. Crossed Wires
8. Blinders (Fast Version)
9. February Punk
10. Digging for Something (Acoustic Demo)
11. Horror Business
12. Sunny Brixton
13. Bad Influence
14. Where Eagles Dare

Side C
1. This Summer
2. Cruel Summer
3. Void
4. Faith
5. I Hate History
6. Glue
7. Me & You & Jackie Mittoo
8. Sunset Arcade
9. White Screen
10. Breaking Down (Acoustic)
11. Children in Heat
12. Say My Name

Side D
1. Good Morning
2. I Don’t Feel Young
3. Free Money (with Eleanor Friedberger)
4. Oh Oh I Love Her So (with Eleanor Friedberger)
5. Up Against the Wall

Side E
6. Break the Glass
7. Mad World
8. Child’s Christmas in Wales
9. Break the Glass (Acoustic)
10. What a Time to Be Alive (Acoustic)
11. Erasure (Acoustic)

Side F
1. Our Work Is Done
2. Total Eclipse
3. Bum My Trip
4. Can’t Stop the World
5. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
6. There’s a Ghost
7. Alice

Side G
8. Endless Summer
9. When I Laugh
10. Everything Hurts
11. Making a Break
12. Group Sex (with Jane Wiedlin)
13. Blinders