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Indoor Living

 
Album Review: Indoor Living

  • Artist: Superchunk
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: September 02, 1997
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Superchunk painted themselves into a corner long before the release of Indoor Living. By remaining true to their independent aesthetic and indie-punk sound, they earned a cult following with a series of records that essentially sounded the same. Like most indie bands, their earliest records were their rawest and most exciting, and their latter-day albums -- that is, any album after On the Mouth -- rely on craft rather than surprise. And there are no surprises on Indoor Living: it's simply another set of frenetic, tense, melodic and occasionally exciting punk-pop. Mac McCaughan is a solid songwriter, but with Superchunk he's not a particularly resourceful one -- he saves all of his experimentations for Portastatic, which leaves Superchunk a little predictable. Which means if you've followed them for this long, Indoor Living will provide some thrills. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Unbelievable Things Superchunk Superchunk (5:21)
Burn Last Sunday Superchunk Superchunk (4:52)
Marquee Superchunk Superchunk (4:01)
Watery Hands Superchunk Superchunk (4:31)
Nu Bruises Superchunk Superchunk (2:41)
Every Single Instinct Superchunk Superchunk (4:07)
Song for Marion Brown Superchunk Superchunk (4:10)
The Popular Music Superchunk Superchunk (4:04)
Under Our Feet Superchunk Superchunk (3:37)
European Medicine Superchunk Superchunk (5:11)
Martinis on the Roof Superchunk Superchunk (5:57)

Credits

Superchunk (Producer), Laura Ballance (?), Mac McCaughan (?), John Plymale (Engineer), Mike Stucker (Assistant Engineer), John Plymale (Producer)
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Indoor Living
Studio album by Superchunk
Released September 2, 1997
Genre Indie rock
Length 48:32
Label Merge
Professional reviews
Superchunk chronology
Here's Where the Strings Come In
(1995)
Indoor Living
(1997)
Come Pick Me Up
(1999)

Indoor Living is the sixth studio album by Superchunk, released by Merge Records in 1997. It was recorded at Echo Park Studios in Bloomington, Indiana, and mixed at Overdub Lane, Durham, North Carolina. It was engineered by John Plymale and produced by Plymale and Superchunk.

A video was released for "Watery Hands" featuring actor David Cross and actress Janeane Garofalo.

Track listing

  1. "Unbelievable Things" – 5:21
  2. "Burn Last Sunday" – 4:52
  3. "Marquee" – 4:01
  4. "Watery Hands" – 4:31
  5. "Nu Bruises" – 2:41
  6. "Every Single Instinct" – 4:07
  7. "Song for Marion Brown" – 4:10
  8. "The Popular Music" – 4:04
  9. "Under Our Feet" – 3:37
  10. "European Medicine" – 5:11
  11. "Martinis on the Roof" – 5:57

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Indoor Living - Superchunk". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9fpxqrjldae. Retrieved on 30 July 2009. 
  2. ^ "Review: Superchunk - Indoor Living, City Slang". Select (EMAP Metro) (March, 1998): 88. 



 
 
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