On a walk through the woods, he was listening to a recording of Amy Rigby reading her memoir, Girl To City. The album concept came to him on one of those lockdown walks that McCaughan, like many, took for the sake of sanity last spring. Released September 24 via Merge Records, McCaughan’s third solo effort contains boundless self-expression spurred by the silence of a global pandemic and supported by an impressive cast and dear friends and career-long collaborators.
On his new solo album, The Sound Of Yourself , the dynamic musician and Merge label co-founder explores this phenomenon with veteran poise. A video playback or a conference call echo can induce a dissociative shudder and the age-old question: “That’s what my voice sounds like?”Īccording to musician Mac McCaughan, this phenomenon doesn’t get easier- even after 12 Superchunk albums and another six with Portastatic. Most people can recall the feeling of a momentary cringe when hearing their own voice resounding through a foreign body. Mac McCaughan: The Sound of Yourself | Merge Records Sep.
