Name: The Sound of Yourself
Brand: Mac McCaughan

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2021-09-24

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Artist

Mac McCaughan

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Rock-Pop

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Merge Records

Mac McCaughan is a renowned musician and the co-founder of Merge Records, an influential independent record label. With his band Superchunk and as a solo artist under the name Portastatic, he has made significant contributions to the indie rock scene. Known for his distinct songwriting style and energetic performances, McCaughan has garnered a loyal fanbase over the years.

Throughout his career, Mac McCaughan has collaborated with various artists such as Robert Pollard, East River Pipe, Crooked Fingers, Archers Of Loaf, Tobin Sprout, Eric Bachmann, Bob Mould, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Lou Barlow, Unrest, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Quasi, Dean Wareham,and Seam among others. His music resonates with fans who appreciate raw emotion and catchy melodies.

With influences ranging from Guided By Voices to Silkworm to Sugar and beyond,
Mac McCaughan continues to create music that captivates listeners worldwide. Whether performing live or producing albums for other talented musicians through Merge Records,
his passion for music shines through in every endeavor.

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Throughout 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."

While 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) &amp; Michael Benjamin Lerner (Telekinesis), just to name a few.

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