Superchunk return with new track What A Time To Be Alive

By Scott Munro
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Superchunk release lyric video for their new song What A Time To Be Alive - the title track from their upcoming 11th studio album

Superchunk
Superchunk

Superchunk have released a lyric video for their new single titled What A Time To Be Alive.

It’s the title track from the US indie rock outfit’s upcoming 11th studio album, which is set to arrive on February 16 via Merge Records.

The record is the band’s first since 2013’s I Hate Music and is now available for pre-order.

The band have also announced a short North American tour in support of What A Time To Be Alive. The shows will get under way at Baltimore’s Ottobar on February 15 and conclude with a set at Vancouver’s Rickshaw Theatre on the 28th of the month.

Find a full list of Superchunk’s tour dates below, along with the What A Time To Be Alive cover art and tracklist

Superchunk What A Time To Be Alive tracklist

  1. What A Time To Be Alive
  2. Lost My Brain
  3. Break The Glass
  4. Bad Choices
  5. Dead Photographers
  6. Erasure
  7. I Got Cut
  8. Reagan Youth
  9. Cloud Of Hate
  10. All For You
  11. Black Thread

Superchunk 2018 North American tour dates

Feb 15: Baltimore Ottobar, MD
Feb 17: Richmond The Broadberry, VA
Feb 21: San Diego The Casbah, CA
Feb 22: Los Angeles The Moroccan Lounge, CA
Feb 23: Los Angeles The Teragram Ballroom, CA
Feb 24: San Francisco Noise Pop Festival, CA
Feb 26: Portland Mississippi Studios, OR
Feb 27: Seattle Neumos, WA
Feb 28: Vancouver Rickshaw Theatre, BC

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent 35 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott keeps Louder’s buyer’s guides up to date, writes about the best deals for music fans, keeps on top of the latest tech releases and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 10 years, Scott has written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald newspapers, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.