My love affair with Bob Mould's work started with Husker Du's New Day Rising... An icon of the hardcore punk era that still holds up today as a phenomenal work. But, for me, my fave is Sugar's Copper Blue. Forget Phil Spector's wall of sound... In Sugar, Mould achieves a guitar wall of sound that musically saved the early 90s for me. It is an album that contains a number of standout tracks, including Hoover Dam -- "standing on the edge of the Hoover Dam, I'm on the centerline right between two states of mind." Put it in and turn the volume up to 11. Its meant to be felt as well as heard...
Any Bob fans out there?
...Mould, that is. Picked up his newest--Body of Song--and its a sort of return to the edgy guitar that I think makes up his best work. Sort of between some of his slower solo work and Sugar. The fact that he has been mixing in a DC club kind of shows through with a couple tracks that are almost pop-ish. I thought Last Dog and Pony Show was supposed to be his goodbye to electric guitar driven tunes, but I, for one, am glad that he's picked it up again.
Given that this is an audiophile forum, I know I'm supposed to comment on the audio quality of the recording. Unfortunately, the CD hasn't made it out of my car yet...
Given that this is an audiophile forum, I know I'm supposed to comment on the audio quality of the recording. Unfortunately, the CD hasn't made it out of my car yet...