Indoor Living

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Indoor Living
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Studio album by
Superchunk
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1997
StudioEcho Park Studios in Bloomington, Indiana
Genre Indie rock
Length48:32
Label Merge
Producer Plymale, Superchunk
Superchunk chronology
Here's Where the Strings Come In
(1995)		Indoor Living
(1997)		 Come Pick Me Up
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club A− [2]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
NME 7/10 [5]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Select 3/5 [8]
Spin 8/10 [9]

Indoor Living is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk, released by Merge Records in 1997. It was recorded at Echo Park Studios in Bloomington, Indiana, and mixed at Overdub Lane, Durham, North Carolina. It was engineered by John Plymale and produced by Plymale and Superchunk.

A video was released for "Watery Hands" featuring comedians David Cross and Janeane Garofalo.

Track listing

  1. "Unbelievable Things" – 5:21
  2. "Burn Last Sunday" – 4:52
  3. "Marquee" – 4:01
  4. "Watery Hands" – 4:31
  5. "Nu Bruises" – 2:41
  6. "Every Single Instinct" – 4:07
  7. "Song for Marion Brown" – 4:10
  8. "The Popular Music" – 4:04
  9. "Under Our Feet" – 3:37
  10. "European Medicine" – 5:11
  11. "Martinis on the Roof" – 5:57

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  3. ↑ Klein, Joshua (September 5, 1997). "Superchunk: Indoor Living (Merge)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ Flaherty, Mike (September 19, 1997). "Indoor Living". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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