I’m speaking to one of my favourite ever songwriters on this episode – it’s only bloody Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, Portastatic and – alongside bandmate Laura Ballance – the legendary Merge Records! The reason we’re talking today is because Mac is due to release his very good – and surprisingly eclectic - second solo album The Sound Of Yourself on September 24th, but we cover loooooooads of ground. Most interesting to me was the part of our conversation where we got into the stark reality of making and releasing independent rock music in the year 2021. I’ve been thinking about that stuff a lot lately, and there’s few brains I wanted to tap more than Mac’s. Interesting stuff, like I say. Maybe even depressing stuff. I dunno. I’m a glass half full guy. I came away from our conversation with a bit more hope than I went into it with.The James McMahon Music Podcast is a Spoook Media production. Spoook is also a record label, a promoter, a shop, a Substack - it's many things. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter. And please do Like, Review and Subscribe - it actually really helps people find our podcasts!

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