Coming from the indie and punk rock worlds, Superchunk and Portastatic founder Mac McCaughan has always shied away from the perceived hubris of putting out a record under his own name. “There’s something about it that’s way too ‘look at me,’” he admits. However, given the fact that Non-Believers explores a very personal set of influences, putting out an album as simply Mac McCaughan for the first time just makes sense.

Mac also co-founded North Carolina based Merge Records with Superchunk bandmate Laura Ballance and has played in pre-Superchunk band’s Wwax and The Slushpuppies.