''Here's to Shutting Up'' is the eighth studio album by American
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
band
Superchunk
Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, consisting of singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Laura King. Formed in 1989, they were one of the bands that hel ...
.
Brian Paulson
Brian Paulson is an American record producer and audio engineer from Minnesota, best known for recording albums by Slint, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Superchunk and Wilco.
Paulson grew up in Bemidji, Minnesota, but moved about 200 miles south to ...
, who served as co-producer, previously worked with the band on 1994's ''
Foolish''.
The band left "Phone Sex" out of the initial performances of the accompanying tour; with the September 11, 2001 attacks a painfully fresh memory, the members felt uncomfortable performing a song featuring the lyrics "Plane crash footage on TV. I know, I know that could be me."
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The title of the album is taken from the opening of the song "Out on the Wing."
Track listing
# "Late-Century Dream" – 4:37
# "Rainy Streets" – 2:07
# "Phone Sex" – 4:54
# "Florida's on Fire" – 3:11
# "Out on the Wing" – 5:51
# "The Animal Has Left Its Shell" – 3:32
# "Act Surprised" – 3:59
# "Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama)" – 4:15
# "What Do You Look Forward To?" – 7:41
# "Drool Collection" – 3:32
References
2001 albums
Superchunk albums
Merge Records albums
Albums produced by Brian Paulson
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