Spin April 1993

When it's on, Superchunk plays some of the best, anthemic alternative 
rock around--noisy guitar wrapped around uplifting, punk-pop melodies 
with singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan's high-pitched, boyish voice 
providing a naive, earnest quality.  Mouth is full-on; it's 
feel similar to the end of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, the scene 
in Say Anything in which Diane confesses her love to Lloyd, or the 
triumphant climax of any sports movie.  Exhilirating.


Superchunk, "Mower"/"On the Mouth" (Merge)

Rubs our faces in everything dubious about the band--neck-breaking tempos 
scurrying into oblivion, lyric after lyric bemoaning domestic anomie 
("I've never even been to your new house / But I bet I know exactly what 
it's like!").  But Mac McCaughan, the truest of punk believers, purges 
his powerlessness passionately.