Name: No Pocky for Kitty
Brand: MERGE RECORDS
SKU: 683326
Price: 22.87 USD
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No Pocky for Kitty

Rating

Album: No Pocky for Kitty
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Skip Steps 1 & 3	More Info...	0:03
2)	Seed Toss	More Info...	0:03
3)	Cast Iron	More Info...	0:03
4)	Tower	More Info...	0:02
5)	Punch Me Harder	More Info...	0:02
6)	Sprung a Leak	More Info...	0:03
7)	30 Xtra	More Info...	0:02
8)	Tie a Rope to the Back of the Bus	More Info...	0:03
9)	Press	More Info...	0:02
10)	Sidewalk	More Info...	0:03
11)	Creek	More Info...	0:01
12)	Throwing Things	More Info...	0:03

Album: No Pocky for Kitty
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Skip Steps 1 & 3	More Info...	0:03
2)	Seed Toss	More Info...	0:03
3)	Cast Iron	More Info...	0:03
4)	Tower	More Info...	0:02
5)	Punch Me Harder	More Info...	0:02
6)	Sprung a Leak	More Info...	0:03
7)	30 Xtra	More Info...	0:02
8)	Tie a Rope to the Back of the Bus	More Info...	0:03
9)	Press	More Info...	0:02
10)	Sidewalk	More Info...	0:03
11)	Creek	More Info...	0:01
12)	Throwing Things	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Superchunk: Mac McCaughan (vocals, guitar); Jim Wilbur (guitar); Laura Ballance (bass); Chuck Garrison (drums).
Recorded at the Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois on April 21-23, 1991.
While many music historians would choose Fugazi as the band most emblematic of the D.I.Y. ("do it yourself") independent music scene of the '90s, a perhaps less-obvious but equally valid choice would be Chapel Hill's hometown heroes, Superchunk. However, while Fugazi fretted over the inherent contradictions of integrity and celebrity, Superchunk just plain rocked out. Chugging along like a sped-up REM-meets-the-Ramones, singer/guitarist Mac McCaughan, bassist Laura Ballance, guitarist Jim Wilbur, and then-drummer Chuck Garrison were clearly having too much fun on revved-up ditties like "Skip Steps 1 & 3" and "Sprung a Leak" to preach.
Either way, Superchunk packed more manic energy into its records than any ten other bands from Chapel Hill combined. "NO POCKY FOR KITTY" is a cruelly undervalued landmark of an album and the song "Punch Me Harder" is the great lost should-have-been hit of the same decade. Of course Superchunk couldn't maintain this manic velocity throughout its career (and outside of the Ramones, who could?), but "NO POCKY" is a perfect snapshot of the band at its bouncy best.

Professional Reviews

Record Collector (magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Albini-recorded NO POCKY FOR KITTY retains its defining unrefined edge...[with a] brash brilliance and inspiring energy..."