Superchunk’s 2025 album “Songs in the Key of Yikes” is cleverly titled, but according to frontman Mac McCaughan, its anxious tone wasn’t a deliberate choice. It was inevitable.

The album features tracks like “Is It Making You Feel Something?” and “No Hope,” offering a cathartic exploration of post-pandemic anxiety and uncertainty, including what McCaughan describes as “creeping authoritarianism” in the current U.S. political climate.

“I guess this is the world we’re living in, or the times we’re living in, and this is what we ended up with,” McCaughan said during a recent interview ahead of Superchunk’s Oct. 9 concert at Pappy and Harriet’s.

“We try not to make records that 10 years from now will seem out of date or dated. We’re not trying to make a record that’s ripped from the headlin

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