The Sound of Yourself Mac Mccaughan SKU: MRG783LP Barcode: 0673855078311 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Merge Records Released Date: 24th September 2021 Buying Format: 1LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Throughout his career fronting Superchunk and Portastatic, Mac McCaughan has channeled more than his share of angst into a microphone, resulting in undeniable rock anthems. So how can a voice so familiar to others still seem foreign to its owner? On The Sound of Yourself, McCaughan’s second release under his own name, he explores that question fully, shooting his voice through a prism and refracting it across these songs in new and rewarding ways. In January 2021, McCaughan found himself at his home studio in Chapel Hill North Carolina staring down a clean slate after wrapping a film score and several other music projects. His thought process was simple: “Each day is blurring into the next, so what are we doing today? How can I disrupt this? I think what resulted was a theme of subdued… ‘joy’ is the wrong word, but it’s at least comforting if not propulsive to have something open-ended to work on every day without any kind of structure or deadline or rules.” McCaughan leaned into allowing randomness and accidents to catalyze his compositions. Where a guitar riff might typically start a Superchunk song, an indistinguishable loop found on an old sampler dictates the mood on “Found Cricket,” and simply opening up his studio to the woods outside channels Another Green World on “36 and Rain.” Instrumentals make up nearly half of The Sound of Yourself, and are integral to the album’s atmosphere. While the pop-oriented tracks hint at sounds explored on Non-Believers, McCaughan’s recent scoring work and frequent excursions with synthesizers and sequencers (see: the Moogfest commissioned POMS and his ambient project with Mary Lattimore) add a particularly crystalline spaciness akin to The Durutti Column and Bowie’s Berlin trilogy. A sloping new wave bassline grounds the catchy “Circling Around” as McCaughan rejects rumination with cleverly cyclical lyrics and a few strategically placed “whoa”s. The warbled synthetic voices emanating from the Mellotron on “Sleep Donor” are already singing isolation blues well before McCaughan frets, “I hear a footstep in the hall when there should be no one there at all…” These could be the same ghostly sounds “softer than the light, under the door” he describes in “I Hear a Radio,” a track on which Michael Benjamin Lerner (Telekinesis) and Annie Hayden (Spent) provide shimmering vocal harmonies. For a record titled The Sound of Yourself, the irony in having many contributions from friends is not lost on McCaughan: “I’m constantly inspired by the work of my peers. I feel lucky to be able to collaborate with them despite the distances between us. Sending off a song into the ether and having it returned greatly improved and in often surprising and moving ways was one of the most satisfying aspects of making this record.” Additional guest appearances include Sabrina Ellis (A Giant Dog, Sweet Spirit), Mackenzie Scott of TORRES, plus three moody saxophone tracks that Matt Douglas of the Mountain Goats offered McCaughan, layered on top of one another. Mary Lattimore introduces and concludes The Sound of Yourself with her singular harp playing. The bittersweet single “Dawn Bends” is bolstered not only by Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster but the esteemed trio of Yo La Tengo on bass, organ, guitar, and vocals. The album’s title track asks, “Do you ever get used to the sound of yourself?” For an artist like Mac McCaughan, the answer lies in experimentation—testing his voice in a different light, deconstructing it, sometimes relegating it elsewhere or removing it altogether as the piece dictates. He knows that within the creative pursuit of an album as illuminating as The Sound of Yourself, familiarity reveals itself in the unknown. Artist Mac Mccaughan Genre Rock And Pop Label Merge Records Buying Options 1LP Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings SIDE A Moss Light The Sound of Yourself I Hear a Radio 36 and Rain Burn a Fax SIDE B Gen Ash Circling Around R Dream Sleep Donor Dawn Bends Found Cricket Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Mac Mccaughan and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Mac Mccaughan Non-Believers Rock And Pop | Merge | 1LP Released 4th May 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mac Mccaughan Non-Believers £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Merge SKU: MRG555LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View All Them Witches Sleeping Through The War Rock And Pop | New West | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 19th November 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders All Them Witches Sleeping Through The War £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: New West SKU: NW5559LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 19th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jockstrap I<3UQTINVU – Remix album Rock And Pop | Rough Trade | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 3rd November 2023 £21.00 - £26.00 Select options Jockstrap I<3UQTINVU – Remix album £21.00 - £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rough Trade Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View I Am Kloot Let It All In Rock And Pop | Shepherd Moon | 1LP, Includes CD Released 21st January 2013 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders I Am Kloot Let It All In £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Shepherd Moon SKU: SM0021 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 21st January 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View KT Tunstall Wax Rock And Pop | Virgin Records | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 15th October 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders KT Tunstall Wax £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Virgin Records SKU: V3211 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 15th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Scott Walker Bish Bosch Rock And Pop | 4AD | 180g, 2LP, Includes CD Released 3rd December 2012 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Scott Walker Bish Bosch £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: 4AD SKU: CAD3220 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes CD Released Date: 3rd December 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Antony & The Johnsons I Am A Bird Now Rock And Pop | Rough Trade | 1LP Released 3rd November 2010 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Antony & The Johnsons I Am A Bird Now £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rough Trade SKU: RTRADLP223 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd November 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View School Of Seven Bells Ghostory Rock And Pop | Full Time Hobby | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 27th February 2012 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders School Of Seven Bells Ghostory £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Full Time Hobby SKU: FTH140LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 27th February 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Waterboys, The Where The Action Is Rock And Pop | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP Released 31st May 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Waterboys, The Where The Action Is £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cooking Vinyl SKU: COOKLP731 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fizz, The The F-Z Of Pop Rock And Pop | MPG LTD | 180g, 1LP Released 13th October 2017 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fizz, The The F-Z Of Pop £15.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: MPG LTD SKU: MPGLP1 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Speed of the Stars (Steve Kilbey and Frank Kearns) Speed of the Stars Rock And Pop | Easy Action | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd September 2023 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Speed of the Stars (Steve Kilbey and Frank Kearns) Speed of the Stars £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Easy Action SKU: EARS195LP Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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