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...crack at this record may prove a little misleading; the abrasive assault of the music masks the band's clear melodic sense. On repeated listenings, however, the first-takes give the music an urgency and a power that might be lost if the songs became more polished. Guitarist Bob Mould's work here may be a little sloppier than the clean, metallic flurries that he produced on the e.p. Metal Circus (released at the beginning of this year). It's also more frenetic, more expansive, and more impassioned...
Nevertheless, while Husker Du might oppose the punk ethos, they use a very similar musical style. With Bob Mould's blazing, distorted guitar, and his hoarse, throaty voice angrily trying to shout its way through the dense wall of sound, this sounds like a souped-up har her hybrid of punk and heavy metal. Thus, just as the punk movement revamped the rock of the 60s and early 70s while taking their inspiration from the spare, fast style form 50s rock'n roll. Husker Du in turn revamp the punk format deriving their inspiration from some of the heavy metal...
This contradiction also serves to highlight Husker Du's major message: don't trust or look for answers in any music (even in Metal Circus), but rather look within yourself. For instance, in the first song on the EP, Mould states, "You can sing any song you want but you're still the same," thus denying the idea that music can or should after people's lives. In fact, this song reveals Husker Du's message and ideals more clearly than any other on the album. Behind the fast, clean guitar line which draws the listener into the album...
...powerful songs. "Deadly Skies" and "It's not Funny Anymore" are the two other overtly political songs, and while their tone, at times, becomes a little too fatalistic, the sheer energy of the music and the passion of the vocals make the songs much more than just nihilistic poses. Mould might say "I like to protest, but I'm not sure what it's for" or "It doesn't matter anyway," but the listener never gets the feeling that one should just give up in despair, Rather, Husker Du believes that one should "find out who you really are" without...
When Huchra, Aaronson and Mould calculated Hubble's Constant for these relatively nearby clusters, they also found a value comparable to old determinations...