# Superchunk Cover Wham!, The Magnetic Fields, & Galaxie 500 On Surprise New Wintry Mix EP

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/superchunk-cover-wham-the-magnetic-fields-galaxie-500-on-surprise-new-wintry-mix-ep/
- Published: 2026-11-06T14:21:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T15:55:58+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2516729/superchunk-cover-wham-the-magnetic-fields-galaxie-500-on-surprise-new-wintry-mix-ep/music/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Superchunk have released a surprise winter-themed EP.
- *Wintry Mix* contains one new song and four covers.
- The covers include Wham!, the Magnetic Fields and Galaxie 500.

## Summary

Superchunk have surprise-released *Wintry Mix*, a winter-themed EP featuring one new song and four covers. The release continues the North Carolina band’s tradition of putting out occasional one-off records and brings together seasonal material from indie and pop acts.

The EP opens with “Shortest Day Of The Year”, a new, energetic Superchunk song with sleigh bells. Its covers are Wham!’s “Last Christmas”, two songs from the Magnetic Fields’ 2017 album *50 Song Memoir*, and Galaxie 500’s “Snowstorm”, originally released on *On Fire* in 1989. The article says Superchunk give each track the sound of their own band.

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