Superchunk - Wild LonelinessLike every record Superchunk has made over the last thirty some years, Wild Loneliness is unskippably excellent and infectious. Its a blend of stripped down and lush, electric and acoustic, highs and lows, and I love it all. On Wild Loneliness I hear echoes of Come Pick Me Up, Heres to Shutting Up, and Majesty Shredding. After the (ahem, completely justifiable) anger of What a Time to Be Alive, this new record is less about what weve lost in these

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