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Mac McCaughan's Non-Believers

Merge Records Co-Founder and Frontman for the indie band Superchunk, Mac McCaughan professional photo.
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Merge Records Co-Founder and Frontman for the indie band Superchunk, Mac McCaughan is putting out a solo record titled Non-Believers on May 5th.
Merge Records Co-Founder and Frontman for the indie band Superchunk, Mac McCaughan's new album cover Non-Believers.
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Merge Records Co-Founder and Frontman for the indie band Superchunk, Mac McCaughan's new album cover Non-Believers.

Mac McCaughan has been creating heartfelt and catchy music in North Carolina for 25 years.

He has released more than 15 albums, both with his long-running indie rock band, Superchunk, and his semi-solo project Portastatic. 

Until now, he never released an album under his own name. On Tuesday, McCaughan releases his first official solo debut Non-Believers. The album is inspired by the early 1980’s era of music when punk rock was evolving.

Host Frank Stasio talks with McCaughan about the album and his work. 

You can stream Mac McCaughan's Non-Believers thanks to NPR's First Listen Series below:

Mac McCaughan has released a new music video for the single off of Non-Believers. The song is titled "Wet Leaves" and can be viewed below:

Merge Records recently celebrated their 25th anniversary as one of America's essential indie labels. McCaughan and Laura Ballance founded the label in 1989 in North Carolina and Merge has carved out uncompromising success by staying true to its independent roots. The video below shows the 25 year history in 24 minutes. 

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Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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