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SUMMARY:Bob Mould @ Higher Ground
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Point Welcomes: \nBob Mould \nA Tour de Point Show\n \n  \nSunday\, September 14  ~  Doors: 7 PM / Show: 8 PM \nHigher Ground | South Burlington\, VT \n– Tickets and Event Info – \n  \nBob Mould’s 15th solo album\, Here We Go Crazy\,  channels his own “lifetime emotional content” for songs of wisdom\, honesty and volcanic intensity. His first band\, Hüsker Dü\, bared his angst over furious noise and turbulent melody\, an indelible influence on generations that followed. But by the time Nirvana infiltrated the mainstream\, Bob Mould had already moved on\, having sequestered himself in a farmhouse to lick his wounds and learn new ways to sing his songs. His solo debut\, 1989’s folk-rock masterpiece Workbook\, was a record of depth and sophistication. Then he pulled another sharp turn\, his power-trio Sugar alloying his most melodic songs with his fiercest noise\, yielding his most commercially successful work yet. \nOver the solo career that followed Sugar’s own mid-90s flameout\, he’s displayed a maturing gift for songwriting\, transcending the ‘alternative’ tag and recognised alongside key influences like Pete Townshend and Pete Shelley. He’s adrenalized classic forms\, alchemised angst into something addictive and powerful. “I’m just trying to figure myself out\,” he says. “After 64 years of life – 55 spent writing songs – it’s what I do.” The concepts that shaped the songs of subsequent albums reflect those years. The ruminative Beauty & Ruin (2014) and Patch The Sky (2016) were written in the wake of losing his parents and other loved ones. 2019’s Sunshine Rock was a homage to the early Capitol singles of the Beatles and the Beach Boys\, constant companions through his turbulent childhood. The terse\, political Blue Hearts (2020) was written and recorded amid the dying days of the first Trump administration. \nHere We Go Crazy\, meanwhile\, arrives at another moment of uncertainty\, a time of disruption and fear. Mould sees the songs unfolding like the three acts of a play\, each act exploring distinct but related themes. The first handful of songs concern “control versus chaos”\, Mould explains. The opening title track contrasts images of nature – deserts\, mountains\, fault-lines – with the tumult of human life. Inspired by a riff that Mould says “sounded like a fistfight”\, ‘Neanderthal’ is “a snapshot from inside my head as a young kid: growing up in a violent household\, everything being unsettled\, feeling that fight-or-flight response at all times\,” while ‘Breathing Room’ is “about feeling isolated\, cramped-up\, and literally needing that breathing space”.
URL:https://pointfm.com/events/bob-mould-higher-ground/
LOCATION:Higher Ground\, 1214 Williston Rd\, South Burlington\, VT\, 05403\, United States
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