Songs in the Key of Yikes
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| Released | August 22, 2025 | |||
| Studio | Sonark[1] | |||
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| Length | 38:17 | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
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Songs in the Key of Yikes is the thirteenth studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk. It was released on August 22, 2025, via Merge Records in LP, CD and digital formats.[2][3] It is also the first album to feature Laura King on drums since Jon Wurster's departure from the band in 2023.
The album was preceded by the band's twelfth full-length release, Wild Loneliness of 2022. It consists of ten tracks ranging between three and four minutes each, with a total runtime of approximately thirty-eight minutes. "Is It Making You Feel Something?" was released as the album's lead single on June 2, 2025.[4][5]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| New Noise | [7] |
| PopMatters | [8] |
John Moore of New Noise assigned the album a rating of four stars, stating that "While Songs in the Key of Yikes, maybe not be the obvious answer to the uncertainty gripping the country, it does manage to deliver 40 minutes of joy and respite."[7]
The album received a rating of eight from PopMatters, whose reviewer Brian Stout described it as "a potent collection that could easily be a gateway into the band's formidable discography," and "compelling as a real-time state of the union for the past seven years as anyone has managed."[8]
AllMusic gave it a four-star rating and referred to it as "proof that Superchunk hasn't lost a step and remains a one-of-a-kind band."[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Is It Making You Feel Something?" | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Bruised Lung" | 4:24 |
| 3. | "No Hope" | 3:54 |
| 4. | "Care Less" | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Climb the Walls" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Cue" | 4:27 |
| 7. | "Everybody Dies" | 3:03 |
| 8. | "Stuck in a Dream" | 3:20 |
| 9. | "Train on Fire" | 3:49 |
| 10. | "Some Green" | 4:24 |
| Total length: | 38:17 | |