{"product_id":"superchunk-acoustic-foolish-marked-down-new-lp","title":"Superchunk – Acoustic Foolish [MARKED DOWN] – New LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcoustic Foolish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a re-recording of their 1994 album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoolish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Long considered to be one of the most tender and well-received albums in their storied history, the band was interested in re-exploring what the songs mean to them 25 years later. To quote bandleader Mac McCaughan, don’t expect some kinda “acoustic demos recorded 25 years after the fact” thing here… This is full-band with new arrangements and contributions. Guest vocals by Jenn Wasner (\u003c\/span\u003eWye Oak\u003cspan\u003e, Flock of Dimes) and \u003c\/span\u003eAllison Crutchfield\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003eSwearin’\u003cspan\u003e, P.S. Eliot). Owen Pallett (\u003c\/span\u003ethe Mountain Goats\u003cspan\u003e, Frank Ocean, Arcade Fire) provides string arrangements while Peter Holsapple (The dB’s, R.E.M.) plays piano and Matt Douglas (the Mountain Goats) is on saxophone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3848988306\/size=small\/bgcol=333333\/linkcol=0f91ff\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003eAcoustic Foolish by Superchunk\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"customHeaderWrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"band-navbar-wrapper flex\"\u003eRecorded mainly live in the studio by John Plymale at Overdub Lane.\u003cbr\u003eStrings recorded by Owen Pallett. Sax recorded by Matt Douglas.\u003cbr\u003eMixed by John Plymale and Mac.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMac’s notes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur original idea for an all-acoustic album was for it to be a selection of songs from all our albums, played in the style of an acoustic performance in a record store or a radio station, which we have done quite a bit of over the years (and documented on the first of our “Clambake” series in 2001).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut with 2019 being the 25th anniversary of the Foolish album, it seemed weirder and more interesting to record an acoustic version of one whole album. I didn’t want this to sound like “acoustic demos recorded 25 years after the fact” or a band trying to “rock out” except on acoustic guitars, though to be fair we do some rocking out. Once we got into the process of learning how to play the songs on acoustic guitars—some of which we had never performed at all—it made sense to make this record its own thing altogether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Foolish came out, people kind of freaked out that all the guitar sounds weren’t as distorted as they had been, and it was treated as a radical departure from what we had been doing\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e. Which is funny listening to the original album now because it pretty much sounds like our other records. But I started thinking about the acoustic version of the album as “what Foolish would have sounded like if it were as different as people acted like it was.” So—we have guests, we have strings, we have piano, we have a saxophone!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe songs themselves, extracted from the drama of the moment and what people wanted to write about then, are more applicable to Real Life than I thought they would be. Without the embarrassing angst of the 25-year-old, they are just songs about transitions, holding grudges or trying not to, letting go of things that aren’t healthy, moving through difficult situations and relationships and trying to be “normal” in the course of all that, even though there’s no such thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are lucky to have Allison Crutchfield, Matt Douglas, Peter Holsapple, Owen Pallett, and Jenn Wasner lend their great talents to the record and also lucky that Jon has an arsenal of small bells and a vibraslap.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackView leftMiddleColumns has-art\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/MusicAlbum\" data-tooltips='{\"tooltips\":[],\"dash_seen\":null}'\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfo\" class=\"leftColumn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"trackInfoInner\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased May 31, 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuperchunk is Laura Ballance, Mac McCaughan, Jim Wilbur and Jon Wurster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrings on “Like a Fool and “In a Stage Whisper” arranged and played by Owen Pallett.\u003cbr\u003eAdditional vocals on “The First Part” by Allison Crutchfield.\u003cbr\u003ePiano on “Driveway to Driveway” and “Stretched Out” by Peter Holsapple.\u003cbr\u003eSaxophone on “Saving My Ticket” by Matt Douglas.\u003cbr\u003eAdditional vocals on “Keeping Track” by Jenn Wasner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded mainly live in the studio by John Plymale at Overdub Lane.\u003cbr\u003eStrings recorded by Owen Pallett.\u003cbr\u003eSaxophone recorded by Matt Douglas.\u003cbr\u003eMixed by John Plymale and Mac.\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Chris Boerner at The Kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDogs by Laura, rabbits by Diane Jefferis.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"listing\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"title\"\u003eLike a Fool (2019 Acoustic)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"artist phonehide\"\u003eSuperchunk\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"duration phonehide\"\u003e3:37\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"play\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"title\"\u003eThe First Part (2019 Acoustic)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"artist phonehide\"\u003eSuperchunk\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"duration phonehide\"\u003e4:14\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"play\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"title\"\u003eWater Wings (2019 Acoustic)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd 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