"I want to see if people are still interested." So said Bob Mould to Rolling Stone's David Browne in announcing that Sugar are back with a new song and a selection of live dates. I think "interested" may be an understatement...
For many of those who were too young for Mould's previous three-piece, Husker Du, but were energised by Nirvana (myself included), Sugar's beefy power-pop was a revelation. 1992's Copper Blue was one of a handful of albums for which I owe a debt of gratitude to the local librarian who stocked the CD shelves - a tour de force that still sounds better every time I put it on.
I've seen Mould perform Husker Du songs with No Age at ATP (and been slightly grumpy about it), and even witnessed him play 'Hoover Dam' and 'If I Can't Change Your Mind' at a sweltering Globe, when his solo tour brought him to Cardiff three summers ago. But a full Sugar set is a tantalising prospect. Fingers crossed, then, for more dates beyond the two already announced for London.
And what of the new track, 'House Of Dead Memories'? It certainly has the familiar fire in its belly. The fury and focus of much of Mould's last two albums, Blue Hearts and Here We Go Crazy, must have helped to pave the way for Sugar's resurrection - he's now clearly back in the right headspace to team up with David Barbe and Malcolm Travis. Here's hoping for a full album.
No comments:
Post a Comment