Superchunk Don’t Hate Music, They’re Just Getting Old

Indie music royalty Superchunk don't hate music, despite what their new record says, they're just getting old.

In an interview with theMusic.com.au, the band's Mac McCaughan said they dealt how music changes through age.

“I think this record's a little bit about getting old,” he said, “but from the standpoint of, 'What role does music play in your life as you get older?' and, 'How do you still enjoy it or live with it in a way that's not just nostalgia but that still accesses the thing about it that got you interested in it in music the first place?'

“It's not a looking back exercise – not that nostalgia's not interesting – but it's more about 'How can you take what was good about music in the first place and keep applying it to your life?' And the title of the record is in some ways about those moments when you can't do that and it doesn't work.”

He continued, “So I think that's kind of what this record is about – 'how do you deal with all that?' – and if you have a moment in your life where maybe you're 20 and you can put a record on and it will make you feel better or something but that doesn't work anymore, then I feel that even though that's a passionate feeling it's still something to wrestle with.”

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