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Oct 28, 2014It’s been an odd and unpredictable mix at times, but Mould’s always made a point of indulging his interest with passion and integrity.
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MojoJul 24, 2014Beauty & Ruin--a lean, 12 songs in 37 minutes--finds Mould still monkeying with the formula. [Jul 2014, p.90]
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Jul 1, 2014[Opening track Low Season is] a bizarre blip on an album that fans will lap up.
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Jun 23, 2014Older, wiser, still rocking: Mould’s sounding as electric as ever.
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Q MagazineJun 13, 2014The result is one of his most rounded, fulfilling solo records. [Jul 2014, p.111]
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Jun 9, 2014As ever, though, reckonings go hand in glove with the riffs and hooks, and the death of Mould's father in 2012 looms large here.
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Jun 9, 2014The nostalgic nods become wearier in the second half, but Beauty & Ruin is strong enough to add weight to the argument that alternative rock belongs to Bob Mould; everyone else is just borrowing it.
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Jun 5, 2014On his latest release, his driving, hook-laden punk rock is as precise as always.