Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan historically used Portastatic as his outlet for home demos and  more experimental recordings (though during a long Superchunk sabbatical in the 90s, Portastatic released several fully-realized pop records which hold up well alongside his main band's discography). Yet despite its relatively lo-fi sound, "San Andreas" sounds particularly Superchunky (though as far as I can tell, the band has never played it). The lone rocker on 1995's otherwise largely home-studio-wonkery Slow Note From A Sinking Ship, the track (titled "San Andreas Crouch" on the prior year's single) has a rollicking riff and an earworm chorus that's right up there with Superchunk's catchiest tracks. 

Plus, the saga of trying to reach a loved one while watching televised reports of an earthquake along the title fault-line hits frighteningly close to home for me--about 3 miles from home, to be exact. So, yeah, lines like "Did you just not hear the phone? Did you lose your house and home? Did the earth swallow you up? Or are you waiting for me?" are pretty deeply seared into my psyche.

Bonus points for a video where Mac basically just replicates David Byrne in "Once In A Lifetime."
(Audio only, better sound.)
Solo acoustic remake:
Mac live in the studio:
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