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    Back in print! Superchunk has released Cup of Sand, their 2003 singles and rarities compilation on vinyl for this first time. The original CD packaging has been expanded for this edition to showcase Laura Ballance’s original paintings, and features expanded conversations with Mac, Jon, Jim and Laura about every track included—the ones they remember recording, anyway. The notes have been expanded to comprise the three additional songs from out-of-print compilations which have been added to this remastered reissue.

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Reg – 1997, Echo Park, with John Plymale. From the Majestic 7”.

Jon: Another Indoor Living outtake. Named after a fellow with whom we spent perhaps the longest month of our lives. He was probably as miserable as we were. Might be some kind of Chunk record in that the vocal doesn’t come in for a full 48 seconds.

Jim: That’s short for Reginald. Musically, this is a tribute to a certain player in the Seam band. Cheers, matey!

Mac: I guess Indoor Living already had too many mini-epics so this was consigned to the b-side bin instead; I like the way it lopes. I swear we used that bridge on another song somewhere…

Laura: Was it only a month? I swear it was two months long, that tour, two of the longest months in my life. We did have time to see Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia on that trip, and actually go inside. A rare treat when you are touring. Another image I carry fondly from that tour is that of a ferry we were aboard plowing through thick ice as we crossed the North Sea.

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from Cup of Sand (2017 Reissue), released August 19, 2003

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Formed in 1989 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Superchunk is Mac McCaughan (guitar, vocals), Jim Wilbur (guitar, backing vocals), Jon Wurster (drums, backing vocals), and Laura Ballance (bass, backing vocals). Since releasing their first 7-inch in 1989, Superchunk has run the gamut of milestone albums: early punk rock stompers, polished mid-career masterpieces, and lush, adventurous curveballs. ... more

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