Has it really been 20 years since indie rock icons Hüsker Dü released their last sonic missive and disintegrated? Mould’s subsequent career has been checkered with brilliance, although it’s also held some spectacular, though daring, failures. The Last Dog and Pony Show, from 1998, was definitely heavy on the “Dog.”
Now pushing 50 and sporting a grey beard and specs, Mould looks more like a history professor than an aging rock star. As an artist, though, he’s in prime form. Mould played all the instruments except for the drums on Life and Times, his second album for Epitaph spin-off Anti, and he produced and mixed it as well. He incorporates all his strengths: great melodies, insightful lyrics and brilliant, blistering guitar. The jagged acoustic riff that opens the disc is quickly overwhelmed by electric guitars, and the songs follow fast and fervently. Personal enough to be heartfelt yet universal enough to resonate with anyone, Life and Times is decidedly recommended.
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