Today, Superchunk announced the band’s 12th studio album with lead single “Endless Summer.” Due February 25 via Merge Records, Wild Loneliness features appearances by guest musicians made feasible by an isolated recording process. Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley provide backing vocals on “Endless Summer.” Nothing is released from the album yet, but check out this old video to get a taste if you’re not familiar: Initially written about an unseasonably warm New Year’s Day to begin 2020, Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan says, “Of course, by the time we recorded it, ‘Endless Summer’ had other meanings.” Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the four bandmates recorded their parts independently. That approach mad...
