In 2001, the band released "Here's to Shutting Up". In 2002, Superchunk began a series of limited-edition live albums known as "The Clambakes" series. "Clambakes Volume 1" (limited to 1500 copies) is an acoustic live set recorded in various record stores across the US in support of "Here's to Shutting Up" and "Clambakes Volume 2" (limited to 2500 copies) is a film score Superchunk was commissioned to write. It was recorded live at the Castro Theater in San Francisco on April 23, 2002, during the San Francisco International Film Festival at a showing of the 1926 Teinosuke Kinugasa film "A Page of Madness".