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Superchunk Can Always Count On: Trespassing

Don’t call it a comeback, Superchunk‘s been here for years. The band members just haven’t been doing anything since the release of 2001’s stellar Here’s To Shutting Up. Well, not much together, anyway, apart from a few one-off gigs and the occasional single. Singer/guitarist Mac McCaughan and bassist Laura Ballance have their hands full running Merge Records and raising families (plus McCaughan has released a number of fine Portastatic records); drummer Jon Wurster has toured and/or hit the studio with the likes of Robert Pollard, the New Pornographers, Bob Mould and the Mountain Goats in between hilarious Facebook postings and Best Show On WFMU appearances; and while we’re not sure what guitarist Jim Wilbur has been up to, other than gigging with Portastatic, he probably has a lot on his plate, too. It’s a wonder the busy quartet was able to reconvene for the fine Majesty Shredding (Merge), a more-than-welcome return that’s accompanied by the band’s first full-on, albeit relatively brief, tour since 2001. Superchunk will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with McCaughan and Ballance.

Laura: I have loved trespassing since I was a kid. The first time I can recall doing it was when I dug my way into the neighbor’s chicken coop so I could hold the chicks. I totally got caught. But what a thrill, going someplace that you really have no right to be, exploring and discovering mysterious things. I find myself deeply envious of Jim of sweet-juniper.com fame, who lives in Detroit and has a lot of opportunities for exciting and dangerous trespassing and takes amazing photos of the places he sees.

Video after the jump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SeOAtkxBRM