{"id":144,"date":"2013-10-09T15:05:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=144"},"modified":"2021-11-09T09:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:51:05","slug":"superchunki-hate-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/superchunki-hate-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Superchunk <br>I Hate Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/superchunk-ihatemusic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-145\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/superchunk-ihatemusic.jpg\" alt=\"superchunk-ihatemusic\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/superchunk-ihatemusic.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/superchunk-ihatemusic-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>After 24 years of making music (albeit off and on), it wouldn\u2019t be a stretch to take the title of Superchunk\u2019s tenth full-length, <i>I Hate Music<\/i>, at face value. After all, they wouldn\u2019t be the first band to succumb to middle-age grumpiness. Instead, on the second song on the album and first single, \u201cMe &amp; You &amp; Jackie Mittoo,\u201d they spell out what they mean. \u201cI hate music, what is it worth? Can\u2019t bring anyone back to this earth.\u201d It\u2019s not the idea that they\u2019re losing step, but instead acknowledging the limitation of something that seemed all powerful when they were younger. Superchuck does have weightier things on their collective mind these days.<\/p>\n<p>The specter of maturity is shot through the overall arch of <i>I Hate Music<\/i>. There\u2019s a sense of introspection as the band looks at not getting older, but being older and all the various things that means: the changes in how you love, deal with loss, and simply live. Dissecting it in black and white makes it sound like a very heavy, very serious, chin-stroking record\u2014and it might have been in the hands of a band that wasn\u2019t Superchunk. Instead, it&#8217;s\u00a0 a high-energy romp through 11 songs in 37 minutes. It\u2019s as hook-filled and propulsive as anything in their catalog and shows that their last record, the hiatus-breaking <i>Majestic Shredding<\/i>, wasn\u2019t a fluke. The band knows how to make Superchunk records. <i>I Hate Music<\/i> has the vitality and energy of their early days with the focus all the years have brought them.<\/p>\n<p>Respect should also be paid to the fact that the band isn\u2019t afraid to drop the tempo and stretch out. The album closer \u201cWhat Can We Do\u201d clocks in at a hearty six minutes, which in the context of this record is dang near \u201cStairway To Heaven.\u201d Also, <i>I Hate Music<\/i> just sounds great. It\u2019s huge without being a punch in the face and every snare crack, bass riff and guitar line sounds delightfully live and raw. The perfect mix and balance of the instruments is similar to the balance of the album\u2019s subjects and approach. This album shows that Superchunk knows how to go forward and stay the same. It\u2019s a tricky thing to do, so bless them for nailing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 24 years of making music (albeit off and on), it wouldn\u2019t be a stretch to take the title of Superchunk\u2019s tenth full-length, I Hate Music, at face value. After all, they wouldn\u2019t be the first band to succumb to middle-age grumpiness. 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