Bob Mould apparently got the idea for Silver Age whilst remastering the Sugar back catalogue for release. Thank heavens he took that step - what he has produced here is an album of such ferocious menace that it just blows you off your feet from the start. That is not to say it's heavy metal or Post rock. It is very much a Bob Mould signature album from those Husker Du and Sugar days, dragged into 2012.
The first four songs get your brain entirely focused on the sound emanating from the turntable, indeed after song number four, ‘Briefest Moment’, you would not be surprised to look around at the record and see it melted on the turntable.. Then comes (without pause) ‘Stream of Hercules’ - the most immense and (even more) powerful song on the record.
It’s not until the closer ‘First Time Joy’ that there is even a semblance of a quieter tune. An absolutely magnificent record!
Pete
11/11
