{"product_id":"mac-mccaughan-the-sound-of-yourself-1","title":"Mac McCaughan- The Sound of Yourself (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCD: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4-panel wallet with 8-page booklet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOn September 24, Mac McCaughan will release The Sound of Yourself, his second full-length under his own name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout his musical career fronting Superchunk and Portastatic, Mac McCaughan has channeled more than his share of angst and tumult into a microphone, resulting in straight-up undeniable rock anthems. So how can a voice so familiar to others still seem foreign to its owner? On The Sound of Yourself, 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 staring down a clean slate after wrapping up a film score and several other music projects. This setting—a distant light at the end of a figurative tunnel, and a literal room full of instruments—was integral to The Sound of Yourself. 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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the pop-oriented tracks hint at sounds first explored on his 2015 album Non-Believers, McCaughan’s recent scoring work and frequent excursions down the rabbit hole of 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. Also similar to the making of the Berlin trilogy, McCaughan sought out vital contributions from a slew of accomplished musicians: Yo La Tengo, Mackenzie Scott (TORRES), Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Mountain Goats, Bob Mould Band), Annie Hayden (Spent) \u0026amp; Michael Benjamin Lerner (Telekinesis), just to name a few.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoss Light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sound of Yourself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Hear a Radio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e36 and Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBurn a Fax\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGen Ash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCircling Around\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eR Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleep Donor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDawn Bends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFound Cricket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eUPC \u0026gt; 673855078328\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat \u0026gt; New CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel \u0026gt; Merge Records\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46982686081245,"sku":"673855078328","price":97.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3992127-2728119.jpg?v=1762923933","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/zh-cn\/products\/mac-mccaughan-the-sound-of-yourself-1","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}