Mac McCaughan - “Wet Leaves” (Official Video)

In a couple of weeks, longtime Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan will release Non-Believers, the first solo album he’s ever recorded under his own name. We’ve heard “Lost Again” and the 7″ version of “Box Batteries,” and now McCaughan has made a video for the lilting DIY synthpop song “Wet Leaves.” The video comes from director Trudy Benson, who also did the Non-Believers cover art. It’s pretty much just a time-lapse image of an abstract painting coming into existence, and it mostly serves as a vehicle to hear the song. And the song, with its longing yelps and its backing vocal from Annie Hayden, formerly of the ’90s indie band Spent, is well worth hearing.