Here's to slacking, motherfuckers. Legendary indie rock band Superchunk, who we last heard from in the studio in 2001 with Here's to Shutting Up!, have announced plans to release a new EP entitled Leaves in the Gutter to coincide with their upcoming performance at Coachella. The release is a way to "clear the decks" of nearly a decade of gestating material in order to prep an upcoming full-length album, says singer Mac McCaughan.
"A couple of (the songs) I really like, but they already feel like they're from another era and wouldn't fit on a new album anyway," he says, "and the newer ones are from the new era but we've recorded them and they sound good so here they are."
Wow, eight years. Really guys? Nothing doing for the entire Bush Administration? Not a single obligatory post-9/11 song or anti-war ballad? Okay, okay -- we'll take what we can get. Leaves in the Gutter comes out April 7; Superchunk play Coachella April 18.
Leaves in the Gutter tracklisting:
1. Learned to Surf
2. Misfits & Mistakes
3. Screw It Up
4. Knock Knock Knock
5. Learned to Surf (acoustic demo)