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Guess which CD is also released today? I’ll make it easy on you: Bob Mould‘s District Line.
If you don’t know who Bob Mould is, he is probably best known for being the guitarist and singer of Minneapolis’s Hüsker Dü. After their breakup, Mould returned with a new rock sound in another influential band called Sugar.
Like most kids from my generation that grew up on “alternative rock”,
we witness Sugar on 120 Minutes. I remember the first time I heard
“Helpless”, I ordered the CD when it became available on BMG (I was a
big fan of BMG Music Club over Columbia House in the early 90s).
I’m including one of their popular song, “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” for you to compare to the recent District Line.
District Line, compared to his Sugar work, the only difference I
hear is that his voice has matured somewhat. It sounds like he’s
struggling sometime to sing his notes, but being at his age, he sounds
better than most younger singers.
The familiar
Sugar-sound is evident in “Who Needs to Dream?”, with its constant
waves of guitar noise and drums. I think this is going to be my song
choice.
Other songs
of interest is “The Silence Between Us”. I don’t want to speculate on
this song and lyrics, but I for some reason, I think of Bob Mould and
Grant Hart (their differences in opinion split up Husker Du).
I was surprise to hear Mould doing a little experiment in “Shelter Me”,
featuring some synth and doesn’t sound like a typical rock song.
Especially with the electronic sound, this song feels very 80s.
The album
ends with “Walls In Time”, a nice long acoustic number. It goes on for
over six minutes before ending with a sweet acoustic plucking.
Just in time
for his album’s release, Bob Mould also announces that he’ll be heading
out on tour in March. Although he’s currently based out of Washington,
DC, I was very pleased to see that he’s going to start off his tour in
Husker Du’s hometown of Minneapolis’s legendary First Ave on March 5th.
District Line is out now on Anti- Records, see press relese for even more information.
02/05/2008 21:07:07
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