I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle is Portastatic

Portastatic

Portastatic is an American indie rock band founded in the early 1990s by Mac McCaughan. Portastatic began as a solo project for McCaughan, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Superchunk...

's first studio album. It was released on Merge Records

Merge Records

Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...

 in 1993.




It was also released in Japan with additional bonus tracks. These tracks are Mute 1 which is the same as the Untitled hidden track on the US Merge release, Replacement Parts which is mislabeled, and is actually the song Look Honey, Peaches (available on the A Day In The Park compilation), and Weighted Raft (also available on the Ow!, Quit It 2x 7" compilation). According to Mac McCaughan Replacement Parts was an unreleased song recorded for this album, but was not released until the compilation album, Some Small History (2008).



All songs on the album were performed entirely by Mac McCaughan, except "Naked Pilsners" which features Jennifer Walker on Bass and Vocals, and "Beer and Chocolate Bars" which features Kaye Woodward on Vocals.



The album was partially recorded at Duck Kee Studio in Mebane, North Carolina by Jerry Kee, and partially on a Portastudio

Portastudio

The TASCAM Portastudio was the world's first four track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape.When the original Portastudio 144 made its debut in 1979 it was a revolutionary creative tool...

4-track cassette recorder by Mac McCaughan.

Track listing

1. "Mute 2"
2. "Polaroid"
3. "Gutter"
4. "Naked Pilseners"
5. "Tree Killer"
6. "Creeping Around"
7. "Weird Time"
8. "Silver Screw"
9. "Beer and Chocolate Bars"
10. "Had"
11. "Memphis"
12. "Receiver"
13. "Why Have You Come Back"
14. "The Main Thing"
15. "Untitled Bonus Track (Mute 1)"