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...SEEMS LIKE AGES AGO, BUT in reality it has been less than three years since Husker Du was regarded as the loudest, grungiest, most health-hazardous band in the land. It the meantime, the Minnesota trio has taken off to a major label, college popularity and musical mediocrity. But now there emerges a new contender for the ramshackle throne abdicated by Bob Mould et alia, a contender going by the name of Squirrelbait...
...continues in much the same vein, with occasional diversions into pseudo-blues on "Slake Train Comin" and Ramones-style hard-core on "Kick The Kat." Squirrelbait's chief appeal lies in their dissemblage of traditional rock music through volume and intensity, where (if you care to think about it) Husker Du's original and only appeal also lay. In fact, despite an atrocious sense of grammar and punctuation, Squirrelbait is better than their precursor because their sound is not burdened with the Husker's tendency towards artistic pretension and lyrical sappiness...
...house art on the walls, and sculpture that looks as if it belongs at an after- hours club on Easter Island. Jewelry resembles a collection of body ornaments from some lost tribe out of H. Rider Haggard--adornment for young natives swacked on pop culture who listen to Husker Du and go to art openings the way uptowners might check out the 8 o'clock movie...
...interest, Philistines is also noteworthy because it contains "Cruel Circus," the second dumbest pro-vegetarian song even on wax--the first is "Meat is Murder" by the Smiths. That song like most is a reflection of the colourfield's attitude problem, a problem easily fixed by introducing Hall to Husker Du's lead guitarist and singer Bob Mould on one of Mould's bad nights. That would be a lesson in commitment...
...Rising (SST Records) by Husker Du: Lead guitarist and singer Bob Mould may not have the talent of Thompson, but he uses his guts more than his fingertips anyway. Mould's guitar sounds like either a DC10 or Mount Vesuvius with heartburn, but he manages to sneak some very catchy melodies within the din. Despite the damage it does to your eardrums, "Celebrated Summer" is a wonderful pop song. These Minneapolis fat boys may share a lot in common with a rabid steamroller but there's something of Mary Tyler Moore there...