Mac McCaughan - The Sound Of Yourself

Released 24th September 2021.

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, McCaughans 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 its at least comforting if not propulsive to have something open-ended to work