After pushing the buzzsaw abandon of their earliest records to its logical extreme on the masterful No Pocky for Kitty, Superchunk begins reinventing itself with their third full-length, On the Mouth, a record as invigorating as it is frustrating. Without sacrificing any of the energy or conviction of past efforts, many of the disc's 13 songs harness Mac McCaughan's breathless pop-punk melodies into tighter, more demanding contexts -- highlights, like the singles "Mower" and "The Question Is How Fast," introduce a new arsenal of shifting rhythms and explosively tense dynamics which reveal unexpectedly limitless possibilities within the classic Superchunk approach. The problem is that On the Mouth equates to something less than the sum of its parts -- while tracks like the blistering "From the Curve" and "Package Thief" barrel forth with the sheer recklessness of old, their adherence to the band's past makes for an ill-fitting match alongside the album's more ambitious moments. More problematic, the slow, plodding "Swallow That" -- while an admirable departure from the norm -- is simply tedious. Still, more often than not On the Mouth comes up with the goods, and remains a pivotal turning point in Superchunk's continued evolution.
So someone across th street from me threw out an old rug and it's been sitting there for days now which made me think of Superchunks "Swallow That". For those who don't know Mac wrote the song about a rug that someone had thrown out in front of Lauras house and no one knew where it came from.Spreading outIt could be tarIt could be bloodIt could beNot fluid at allAnd if it helps you sleepAnd if ...
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Over the summer "I wrote about rediscovering Superchunk's ??On the Mouth??":http://mog.com/cbertsch/blog_post/110738, a record I listened to a lot when it came out but hadn't paid attention to in years. I had reason to listen to it again today and remembered how much I adore "Swallow That," which is slower and longer than most of their songs but all the more intense because of it. I'd place it ...
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Superchunk is one of those bands that I always loved the _idea_ of, without ever quite committing myself totally to their music. I have several of their records, mind you. But there were always other bands contemporary with them that I would, if forced to choose, rather listen to, most notably Pavement. That reminds me, incidentally, that Superchunk was one of the up-and-coming bands included i...
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So someone across th street from me threw out an old rug and it's been sitting there for days now which made me think of Superchunks "Swallow That". For those who don't know Mac wrote the song about a rug that someone had thrown out in front of Lauras house and no one knew where it came from.Spreading outIt could be tarIt could be bloodIt could beNot fluid at allAnd if it helps you sleepAnd if ...
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So, ol' officeglenn posted a top 5 list of videos featuring puppets. Of course, I took issue with the exclusion of Package Thief. For your rockin' pleasure, here it is!
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| 1 Precision Auto |
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| 2 From The Curve |
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| 3 For Tension |
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| 4 Mower |
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| 5 Package Thief |
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| 6 Swallow That |
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| 7 I Guess I Remembered It Wrong |
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| 8 New Low |
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| 9 Untied |
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| 10 The Question Is How Fast |
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| 11 Trash Heap |
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| 12 Flawless |
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| 13 The Only Piece That You Get |
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