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Superchunk Return to Australia, 1996, for Free ‘Clambakes’ Live Set

Superchunk Clambakes Vol. 7 Australia Live Free Concert Download

Superchunk return to their long-running live album series with Clambakes Vol. 7: Shut the F*ck Up!…No, We Love You – Live at the Corner Hotel 1996, which is by far to be the longest title in the whole lot (head to the Merge Records site to catch up). The show specifics: Melbourne, Australia, November 23, 1996. That’d be the year landing between the release of Here’s Where the Strings Come In and Indoor Living. And the reason for the season:

“To celebrate our return to Australia,” leader Mac McCaughan writes beneath the SoundCloud share, “we take you back to the last show of our last visit and a Clambake recorded live at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne in November 1996. It sounds like this was a fun night and I’m sure it was—Smudge and The 3Ds were on the bill—so please excuse a few glitches in the recording and enjoy the energy circa ’96. Looking forward to seeing you again shortly.”

Shortly indeed. The men and woman behind the entire Merge Records mini-empire will play back-to-back nights in Brisbane beginning Monday, November 11, and will do the same in Melbourne starting Friday, November 15. More info and further dates below the player.

Superchunk, Clambakes Vol. 7 track list:

1. “Intro”
2. “Untied”
3. “Hyper Enough”
4. “Cool”
5. “Punch Me Harder”
6. “Silverleaf and Snowy Tears”
7. “Iron On”
8. “Water Wings”
9. “Wilbur Chat”
10. “Sunshine State”
11. “On the Mouth”
12. “Mower”
13. “Why Do You Have to Put a Date on Everything”
14. “Skip Steps 1 & 3”
15. “Tie a Rope to the Back of the Bus”
16. “Driveway to Driveway”
17. “100,000 Fireflies”
18. “Fishing”

Superchunk tour dates:

November 11 – Brisbane, AU @ Jet Black Cat Music (free in-store)
November 12 – Brisbane, AU @ The Tivoli *
November 15-16 – Melbourne, AU @ The Forum *
November 29-December 1 – Camber Sands, UK @ All Tomorrow’s Parties
December 2 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club #
December 3 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom #
December 5 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
December 6 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser
December 8 – Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia
February 5 – Dallas, TX @ Trees ^
February 6 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk ^
February 7 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s ^
February 8 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks ^

* w/ Neutral Milk Hotel & M. Ward
^ w/ Waxahatchee
# w/ Girls Against Boys