Laura Ballance

 Laura Jane Ballance  (born February 22, 1968) is the bassist in the rock band Superchunk and co-founder of Merge Recordsalong with Mac McCaughan.[ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] In 2013 she announced that she would no longer be touring with the band due to her worsening hyperacusis.

Ballance lives in Durham, North Carolina with her husband and daughter.