Hello and welcome to another edition of 480 Minutes. This edition took a bit more work to construct than most, as we received over 600 songs this week. Yes, 600. As in 50 12-song albums. Or 120 5-song EPs. Or 300 singles (with b-sides). In reality, it was a combination thereof. Lotta music, I tell you what.
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With the second single from the forthcoming David Comes to Life, it’s starting to become apparent that Fucked Up weren’t joking about this being their rock opera. No, lead singer Damian Abraham hasn’t switched out his howl for a more elegant delivery. Rather, the grandness of “A Little Death” comes from its structure and instrumentation. The intro features throbbing bass and tom and guitars stretching for the rafters. The sound is arena-sized. The chorus, meanwhile, comes through as straight-forward and melodic as anything you’ll hear from this Canadian troupe. It’s the bridge, however, which really delivers on the arena-rock promise. Multiple guitar tracks from multiple guitarists climb higher and higher, up to Queen-like heights.
On the musical side, the book will trace Mould’s “early love of 1960s AM radio pop hits to the Ramones to the making of Hüsker Dü classics like ‘Makes No Sense At All’ and ‘Celebrated Summer,’” as well as his post-Hüskers solo career (from which the book gleans its title), his ’90s band Sugar and beyond — including detours into both electronic music and professional wrestling.
According to the book’s publisher, Mould is expected to embark on a short, four-city author tour to promote “See a Little Light,” hitting New York City, San Francisco, Austin and Washington, D.C. — although dates haven’t yet been announced.
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