No Pocky for Kitty explained

No Pocky for Kitty
Type:	studio
Artist:	Superchunk
Cover:	Superchunk_nopocky.jpg
Released:	October 30, 1991
Recorded:	April 21–23, 1991
Studio:	CRC (Chicago)
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	33:37
Label:	Matador
Producer:	Steve Albini
Prev Title:	Superchunk
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Tossing Seeds
Next Year:	1991

No Pocky for Kitty is the second studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk, released in 1991.^{[1] [2]} Pocky is a popular Japanese snack food.

Production

The album was recorded April 21–23, 1991, at the Chicago Recording Company by Steve Albini.^[3] It was released on Matador Records in 1991, and reissued by Merge Records in 1999.

Albini is not credited in the liner notes, which read "Produced with eyes closed by Laura, who sat in the right chair." The reference is to Laura Ballance, the group's bassist.^[3]

Critical reception

Trouser Press praised the album's "indelible hooks" and Mac McCaughan’s "opaque yet curiously coercive lyric expression."^[4] Paste wrote that the album "captures Superchunk at the ideal cross-section of youthful ebullience and clearheaded experience."^[5]

Track listing

1. "Skip Steps 1 & 3" – 3:07
2. "Seed Toss" – 2:59
3. "Cast Iron" – 3:48
4. "Tower" – 2:47
5. "Punch Me Harder" – 2:13
6. "Sprung a Leak" – 3:01
7. "30 Xtra" – 2:31
8. "Tie a Rope to the Back of the Bus" – 2:54
9. "Press" – 2:08
10. "Sidewalk" – 3:02
11. "Creek" – 1:41
12. "Throwing Things" – 3:26

B-sides include "Fishing", "Cool", "The Breadman", "It's So Hard to Fall in Love", "Brand New Love", and "I Believe in Fate".

Notes and References

1. Web site: Superchunk | Biography & History | AllMusic. .
2. Web site: Superchunk's discography. David. Raposa. September 15, 2010. INDY Week.
3. Web site: MAGNET Classics: Superchunk's "No Pocky For Kitty". June 17, 2015.
4. Web site: Superchunk . Trouser Press . 26 January 2021.
5. Web site: Ranking Every Superchunk Album. February 23, 2018. pastemagazine.com.