Editing Superchunk (section)

{{short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name            = Superchunk
| image           = Superchunk (49098403661).jpg
| landscape       = yes
| caption         = Superchunk in 2019
| background      = group_or_band
| origin          = [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], U.S.
| genre           = [[Indie rock]], [[alternative rock]], [[punk rock]]
| years_active    = 1989–present
| label           = [[Matador Records|Matador]], [[Merge Records|Merge]]
| website         = {{URL|superchunk.com}}
| current_members =
* [[Mac McCaughan]]
* [[Laura Ballance]]
* Jim Wilbur
* [[Jason Narducy]]
* Laura King
| past_members    =
* Chuck Garrison
* Jack McCook
* [[Jon Wurster]]
}}

'''Superchunk''' is an American [[indie rock]] band from [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], consisting of singer-guitarist [[Mac McCaughan]], guitarist [[Jim Wilbur]], bassist [[Laura Ballance]], and drummer Laura King. Formed in 1989, they were one of the bands that helped define the Chapel Hill music scene of the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2019 |title=A Look At The Indie Rock Music Scene In Chapel Hill {{!}} NC Arts Council |url=https://www.ncarts.org/blog/2019/07/22/look-indie-rock-music-scene-chapel-hill |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=www.ncarts.org |language=en}}</ref> The band is known for its energetic, high-velocity style and strong [[DIY punk ethic|do-it-yourself ethic]].

Members McCaughan and Ballance founded the successful independent record label [[Merge Records]] in 1989 as a way to release music from Superchunk and music created by friends, which has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching the top of the ''Billboard'' music charts. Superchunk released a string of full-length albums and compilations throughout the 1990s. After releasing their eighth studio album in 2001, the band went into a period of reduced activity. In 2010, the band released a new studio album, ''[[Majesty Shredding]]'', and followed it up in 2013 with their tenth studio album, ''[[I Hate Music (album)|I Hate Music]]''. Their eleventh studio album, ''[[What a Time to Be Alive (Superchunk album)|What a Time to Be Alive]]'', was released on February 16, 2018.<ref name="mergerecords.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.mergerecords.com/what-a-time-to-be-alive |title=Superchunk - What a Time to be Alive |access-date=November 8, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109024058/https://www.mergerecords.com/what-a-time-to-be-alive |archive-date=November 9, 2017 }}</ref> Their twelfth album, ''[[Wild Loneliness]]'', was released in February 2022.<ref name="merge2">{{cite web |url=https://www.mergerecords.com/product/wild_loneliness |title=Wild Loneliness |access-date=December 15, 2021 |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207144141/https://www.mergerecords.com/product/wild_loneliness |archive-date=December 7, 2021 }}</ref>