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90s indierock band Superchunk is currently touring in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Foolish, the important fourth album that kicked off Merge Records.
Opening up the show was Melbourne’s Quivers. The band first came to our attention when they released their Golden Doubt album in June 2021. The promotional tour stopped by the 7th Street Entry in September 24, 2022, but unfortunately we had to miss their show because of another Australian musician Julia Jacklin at the Fine Line.
We’re big fans of Australian and New Zealand bands, because we only get to see them every couple of years. When they are here, they’re always in awe of how large the USA is. For example, we just saw Office Dog on Oct 12, 2024 and they were like “this is our 8th show in a row, that’s crazy because in New Zealand there’s only four cities.” They also have very different slangs and seems obsessed with seafood (Royal Otis has a giant shrimp (prawn)).
Ahead of Quivers’ First Avenue appearance, we got to listen to their new album Oyster Cuts (Merge Records) in the car drive to the venue. We like a couple of songs like the title track (it’s probably their strongest track) and the “pink, pink” “Pink Smoke” song… which we’re glad to see them play. Vocals were traded between Sam (wearing a Foolish T-Shirt) and Bella, and hearing these indiepop songs, you can understand why they’re often compared to the Go-Betweens.
They did one cover on their set, Lucinda Williams’ “I Just Want to See You So Bad”. The cover had special meaning, because Sam mentioned that Williams got married on the very stage they were playing. In 2009, Lucinda Williams married her manager Tom Overby (who lives in Minneapolis), at First Avenue, because she was playing a gig there. She tells MPR, “…We played and then during the encore, we had a little ceremony onstage.”
Quivers ended their set with “You're Not Always on My Mind” taken from their Golden Doubt album.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 30 years since Superchunk’s Foolish came out on Merge Records. The first time we heard about Superchunk was probably via MTV’s 120 Minutes, in junior high school.
The band’s name is kind of funny. Their original drummer, Chuck Garrison was misspelled as Chunk in the phone book, so the band went under that name until they added the “Super” prefix to avoid confusion with another band. As you know, the band was signed to Matador, but decided to leave the label to start their own record company called Merge Records… which Foolish came out on.
The album was recorded in the winter of 1993, at Pachyderm Studios (in Cannon Falls, Minnesota), by Brian Paulson. The cover artwork is a self-portrait paining by the band’s then-bassist, Laura Ballance. Since singer/guitarist Mac McCaughan and Ballance broke up after the album was recorded, many fans speculated that the dead rabbit in the painting had deeper meaning.
Ballance retired from playing live due to hyperacusis in 2013s, and as you can see from the photos, Jason Narducy, formerly of Verbow and currently bass player with Bob Mould’s band, has replaced her for live appearances.
As promised, Superchunk’s Foolish album was played live… but not all the songs, and not in the original album order. For example, fan favorites’ “Like a Fool” was saved for the encore. They also mixed in non-Foolish songs, including “Crossed Wires” and “Punch Me Harder.” Still, there are some songs on their set that hadn’t been played live since the original Foolish tour in 1994-1995.
What’s kind of interesting about this Foolish 30 tour is that the band has decided to play a bunch of cities they haven’t been seen in years (Omaha, Lawrence, New Orleans), and, and their first ever South Dakota appearance on October 18.
Remaining tour dates:
Oct 17 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
Oct 18 Sioux Falls, SD – Icon
Oct 19 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
Oct 21 Austin, TX – Radio / East
Oct 22 Houston, TX – The White Oak
Oct 23 New Orleans, LA – Toulouse Theatre
Oct 25 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse *
Oct 26 Gainesville, FL – The Fest
* w/ Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
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Quivers at 7th St Entry (24 Sep 2022) |
We’re big fans of Australian and New Zealand bands, because we only get to see them every couple of years. When they are here, they’re always in awe of how large the USA is. For example, we just saw Office Dog on Oct 12, 2024 and they were like “this is our 8th show in a row, that’s crazy because in New Zealand there’s only four cities.” They also have very different slangs and seems obsessed with seafood (Royal Otis has a giant shrimp (prawn)).
Ahead of Quivers’ First Avenue appearance, we got to listen to their new album Oyster Cuts (Merge Records) in the car drive to the venue. We like a couple of songs like the title track (it’s probably their strongest track) and the “pink, pink” “Pink Smoke” song… which we’re glad to see them play. Vocals were traded between Sam (wearing a Foolish T-Shirt) and Bella, and hearing these indiepop songs, you can understand why they’re often compared to the Go-Betweens.
They did one cover on their set, Lucinda Williams’ “I Just Want to See You So Bad”. The cover had special meaning, because Sam mentioned that Williams got married on the very stage they were playing. In 2009, Lucinda Williams married her manager Tom Overby (who lives in Minneapolis), at First Avenue, because she was playing a gig there. She tells MPR, “…We played and then during the encore, we had a little ceremony onstage.”
Quivers ended their set with “You're Not Always on My Mind” taken from their Golden Doubt album.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 30 years since Superchunk’s Foolish came out on Merge Records. The first time we heard about Superchunk was probably via MTV’s 120 Minutes, in junior high school.
The band’s name is kind of funny. Their original drummer, Chuck Garrison was misspelled as Chunk in the phone book, so the band went under that name until they added the “Super” prefix to avoid confusion with another band. As you know, the band was signed to Matador, but decided to leave the label to start their own record company called Merge Records… which Foolish came out on.
The album was recorded in the winter of 1993, at Pachyderm Studios (in Cannon Falls, Minnesota), by Brian Paulson. The cover artwork is a self-portrait paining by the band’s then-bassist, Laura Ballance. Since singer/guitarist Mac McCaughan and Ballance broke up after the album was recorded, many fans speculated that the dead rabbit in the painting had deeper meaning.
Ballance retired from playing live due to hyperacusis in 2013s, and as you can see from the photos, Jason Narducy, formerly of Verbow and currently bass player with Bob Mould’s band, has replaced her for live appearances.
As promised, Superchunk’s Foolish album was played live… but not all the songs, and not in the original album order. For example, fan favorites’ “Like a Fool” was saved for the encore. They also mixed in non-Foolish songs, including “Crossed Wires” and “Punch Me Harder.” Still, there are some songs on their set that hadn’t been played live since the original Foolish tour in 1994-1995.
What’s kind of interesting about this Foolish 30 tour is that the band has decided to play a bunch of cities they haven’t been seen in years (Omaha, Lawrence, New Orleans), and, and their first ever South Dakota appearance on October 18.
Remaining tour dates:
* w/ Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
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Superchunk at First Avenue (16 Oct 2024)
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