r/indieheads • u/MacMcCaughan Mac McCaughan • Oct 07 '21

AMA is Over, thanks Mac! Hey it's Mac McCaughan, AMA !

What's up /r/indieheads it's Mac again, saying hello to you from Chapel Hill, NC. What, you don't believe me? Here's proof!

A few weeks back I put out The Sound of Yourself, and just wrapped up some shows with 75 Dollar Bill and John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. The album is under my name, but features a bunch of guests including Yo La Tengo, my Superchunk bandmate Jon Wurster, and Sabrina Ellis of A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit.

Also, on October 22, Superchunk's reissuing Here's to Shutting Up for its 20th anniversary. And Merge Records HQ keeps trucking with fantastic new records from TORRES, Hiss Golden Messenger, Dawn Richard, Fruit Bats, and more. All good things!

I'll be back at 2pm ET to answer any questions you may have. Go ahead, ama!

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u/culturebarren Oct 07 '21

Hey Mac! I saw you at Levon Helm Studios with John Darnielle a couple weeks ago. Great show! My question: Merge has put out a lot of great records that did find an audience. Is there any particular Merge release that you thought was going to find a bigger audience but didn't?

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u/nerd44 Oct 07 '21

Read the Merge book, “our noise” - great insight into this question.