In what we hope will become an annual Halloween tradition, Superchunk has posted a new Misfits’ cover on their website!

The band says, “Happy Halloween everyone! An omelet of disease awaits your noontime meal! In the tradition of doing something we did last year, we’ve got another Misfits cover for you. We recorded it with John Plymale at Overdub Lane. Everyone sings! So it’s festive. Here you go, ‘Where Eagles Dare.’”

Visit Superchunk.com to stream and download their cover of “Where Eagles Dare” by The Misfits!

Happy Halloween!

Merge has reissued Superchunk’s landmark 1994 album Foolish, and it’s available today on CD, LP, and digital download. Foolish has been remastered for this reissue and will feature some different album art and extensive liner notes by drummer Jon Wurster.

The deluxe reissue will also include the following bonus material: The Clambakes, Vol. 6: One in a Row, a 64-minute live recording from 1994 of Superchunk’s show at First Avenue in Minneapolis during the Foolish tour; three songs from rehearsals in Jon Wurster’s basement taped just before the band entered the studio to record the album; and the three acoustic b-sides from the “Driveway to Driveway” EP.

Peter Margasak, the man who booked the first Superchunk show in Chicago, writes: “When the band recorded Foolish with Brian Paulson up in Minneapolis, they were actually more concerned with making a great record than savvy biz prognostication. And, indeed, Foolish stands as one of the band’s greatest accomplishments, a blast of songwriting growth (dare I say maturation?) that arrived without taking the band’s trademark energy and power as a casualty. Paulson, who mixed the album with the band at Steve Albini’s home studio in Chicago, brought clarity to Superchunk’s roar, particularly to the buzzsaw blur of the guitar wail laid out by Jim Wilbur and McCaughan, but it was the songs that ultimately knocked everyone flat–and many of them remain the most ubiquitous and adored items in the foursome’s repertoire.”

Watch Superchunk play “My Gap Feels Weird” and “Slack Motherfucker” at this year’s Pitchforkfest.

Watch the original video for “Driveway to Driveway,” which was directed by Peyton Reed and Phil Morrison.

Over the past year, Merge has reissued three earlier Superchunk albums–No Pocky for Kitty, On the Mouth, and Here’s Where the Strings Come In–all of which are available individually or as a specially priced bundle.

Order your copy of the Foolish reissue on CD, LP or digital download today in the Merge store.

Superchunk on tour:
Dec 01 London, UK – Scala
Dec 02 Minehead, UK – All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Jeff Mangum

Superchunk have announced a few additional shows happening in the second half of this year. These dates include a return to London and Atlanta after a ten year absence as well as their very first appearances at All Tomorrow’s Parties in Minehead, UK and the Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC! A few more dates could still be added so stay tuned to the Merge tour page and follow Superchunk on twitter.

Tickets are on sale for all shows and don’t forget to pick up the Here’s Where the Strings Come In reissue in the Merge store to receive exclusive acoustic demos of songs from the Strings sessions, as well as a free download of The Clambakes Vol. 5: Cup of Clams. Recorded on October 16, 2003, at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC, by an unknown recordist, the live Superchunk performance captured on Cup of Clams was edited and mastered by Mac with additional editing by Brian Paulson.

Also, get all three recent Superchunk reissues – Here’s Where The Strings Come In, No Pocky For Kitty and On The Mouth - bundled together at a special low price! Majesty Shredding is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store along with new tour posters from Brazil and Superchunk tote bags.

Superchunk on tour:
July 14 Brooklyn, NY House of Vans w/ OFF! & Lemuria  FREE but must RSVP
July 17 Chicago, IL Pitchfork Music Festival – Union Park
Sept 8 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre w/ the Dodos & Times New Viking
Sept 10 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival
Dec 1 London, UK Scala w/ Let’s Wrestle
Dec 2 – Dec 4 Minehead, UK All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Jeff Mangum