Superchunk has its first solid release since 2001 ready to arrive in stores.

The power-pop act's Leaves in the Gutter arrives in stores April 7 from Merge Records. The five-song effort is the first since 2001's 'Here's to Shutting Up!'. Better yet, the effort indicates the 'Chunk might be at work on a new record.

"Some of these songs are newer than others, but we kind of felt like if we're going to get to work on a new album we need to clear the decks of these songs first," singer/guitarist Mac McCaughan said in a statement.

"A couple of them I really like but they already feel like they're from another era and wouldn't fit on a new album anyway, and the newer ones are from the new era but we've recorded them and they sound good so here they are. Now, when we play them live, someone might have actually heard them before!"