Superchunk have announced Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007–2023 which is a 4-LP / 2-CD set compiling 50 songs from the last 16 years of the band, 16 of which will make their vinyl debut. The set also features a booklet with rare photos and track-by-track liner notes by Mac McCaughan & Laura Ballance. It’s out October 27 via Merge and you can check out the tracklist below.
“This collection covers a lot of ground, from heavy touring years to a pandemic where we made singles and an album at home,” says McCaughan. “One difference between this comp and our first three is that this time span completely falls in the digital age; the distance from a final mix to everyone hearing it is shorter than ever. I’ve always liked artists who are prolific—throwing out singles in between albums when you least expect it. A surprise release from your favorite band is one of the few things that can still bring a little excitement to what can seem like an endless deluge of ‘content’ (puke). Hopefully the wild swings between lo & hi fi and originals and covers on this comp still allow for some coherence and, more importantly, convey what’s FUN about this punk rock thing.”
Along with the announcement, Superchunk have shared “Sunny Brixton,” which was originally the b-side of UK-only 7-inch “Learned to Surf,” and Mac says “was about staying with our friend and soundman Joe Hickey when he lived in a group house in Brixton in the ‘90s; it’s all true.” Listen to that below.
Superchunk are on tour with Cable Ties starting in September, including a NYC show at Bowery Ballroom on 9/16.
Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007–2023
1 Learned to Surf (3:53)
2 Misfits & Mistakes (3:38)
3 Screw It Up (3:59)
4 Knock Knock Knock (3:41)
5 Learned to Surf (Acoustic Demo) (3:46)
6 In Between Days (2:59)
7 Crossed Wires (Single Version) (3:25)
8 Blinders (Fast Version) (2:27)
9 February Punk (2:47)
10 Digging for Something (Acoustic Demo) (3:19)
11 Horror Business (2:35)
12 Sunny Brixton (2:47)
13 Bad Influence (0:42)
14 Where Eagles Dare (1:58)
15 This Summer (3:17)
16 Cruel Summer (2:51)
17 Void (3:12)
18 Faith (3:39)
19 I Hate History (3:08)
20 Glue (1:20)
21 Me & You & Jackie Mittoo (2:02)
22 Sunset Arcade (3:08)
23 White Screen (2:40)
24 Breaking Down (Acoustic) (3:34)
25 Children in Heat (2:03)
26 Say My Name (3:51)
27 Good Morning (2:33)
28 I Don’t Feel Young (2:31)
29 Free Money (Live) [feat. Eleanor Friedberger] (3:44)
30 Oh Oh I Love Her So (Live) [feat. Eleanor Friedberger] (2:00)
31 Up Against the Wall (3:33)
32 Break the Glass (3:13)
33 Mad World (1:55)
34 Child’s Christmas in Wales (3:08)
35 Break the Glass (Acoustic) (3:09)
36 What a Time to Be Alive (Acoustic) (3:59)
37 Erasure (Acoustic) (3:38)
38 Our Work Is Done (2:59)
39 Total Eclipse (3:03)
40 Bum My Trip (3:11)
41 Can’t Stop the World (3:25)
42 Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing (1:33)
43 There’s a Ghost (2:56)
44 Alice (3:14)
45 Endless Summer (4:16)
46 When I Laugh (2:49)
47 Everything Hurts (4:12)
48 Making a Break (3:18)
49 Group Sex (feat. Jane Wiedlin) (1:09)
50 Blinders (3:27)
SUPERCHUNK – 2023 TOUR DATES
Sep 08 Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall*
Sep 09 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar*
Sep 10 Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall*
Sep 12 South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground*
Sep 13 Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery*
Sep 14 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom*
Sep 15 Woodstock, NY – Colony*
Sep 16 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom*
Oct 11 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
Oct 12 Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre
Oct 14 Durham, NC – That Music Fest
Nov 02 Berlin, DE – Lido
Nov 03 Bielefeld, DE – Forum
Nov 04 Schorndorf, DE – Manufaktur
Nov 05 Bologna, IT – Improved Sequence Fest
Nov 06 Zurich, CH – El Lokal
Nov 09 London, UK – Bush Hall
Nov 10 Bristol, UK – Strange Brew
Nov 11 Leeds, UK – The Brudenell Social Club
Nov 12 Manchester, UK – Night & Day
Nov 13 Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
Nov 15 Haarlem, NL – Patronaat
*w/ Cable Ties
