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“Like every recordSuperchunkhas made over the last thirty-some years,Wild Lonelinessisunskippablyexcellent and infectious. Its a blend of stripped-down and lush, electric and acoustic, highs and lows, and I love it all. I hear echoes ofCome Pick Me Up,Heres to Shutting Up, andMajesty Shredding. After the (ahem, completely justifiable) anger ofWhat a Time to Be Alive, this new record is less about what weve lost in these harrowing times and more about what we have to be thankful for.
I say all the time that what makes a good poemthe secret ingredientis surprise. Perhaps the same is true of songs. Like when the sax comes in on the title track, played byWye OaksAndy Stack, adding a completely new texture to the song. Or whenOwen Palletts strings come in on This Night. But my favorite surprise onWild Lonelinessis when the harmonies ofNorman BlakeandRaymond McGinleyofTeenage Fanclubkick in on Endless Summer. Its as perfect a pop song as youll ever hearsweet, bright, flat-out gorgeousand yet it grapples with the depressing reality of climate change.
Because of COVID, Mac, Laura, Jim, and Jon each recorded separately, but a silver lining is that this method made other long-distance contributions possible, fromR.E.M.s Mike Mills,Sharon Van Etten,Franklin Bruno, andTracyanne CampbellofCamera Obscura, among others.
Wild Lonelinessis becoming part of my life, part of my memories, too. And it will be part of yours. I can picture people in 20, 50, or 100 years listening to this record and marveling at what these artists created togetherbeauty, possibility, surpriseduring this alarming (and alarmingly isolated) time. But why wait? Lets marvel now.”—Maggie Smith
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