Sugar, the alt-rock band Bob Mould shaped after Hüsker Dü’s cut up, have reunited. Again with their first music and exhibits in additional than three many years, the band is gearing up for dates in Could 2026 in London and New York, with Mould alongside unique bassist David Barbe and drummer Malcolm Travis. The brand new single, “Home of Useless Recollections,” is “a failed-relationship track, nothing too distinctive for me,” Mould tells Rolling Stone in an interview in regards to the reunion. “However the riff is unquestionably a Sugar-type riff, and it was enjoyable to get the three of us on the ground collectively to report for the primary time in ages.” Take heed to it beneath.
Sugar had reconvened in 2011, round their twentieth anniversary, Mould says within the RS article. However “all of us walked away pondering, ‘Eh, not proper now.’ No less than for me, it was like, ‘I believe I’m going to do what I’m doing.’” That was his ongoing solo profession—his newest LP was March’s Here We Go Crazy—however after regrouping within the studio final 12 months, the trio determined the time was proper.
Additional exercise is dependent upon the response to the brand new music and exhibits, Mould added. “I don’t wish to get out too far in entrance of the skis, as they are saying. Individuals’s reactions will most likely information lots of the chances in entrance of us, whether or not it’s extra songs or extra exhibits. All three of us are all in for no matter feels proper. I simply wish to see if persons are nonetheless .”
The only is launched by Granary Music/BMG. A brand new 4xLP reissue of the band’s debut album, titled Copper Blue – The Singles Collection, will come out subsequent month for File Retailer Day.
A Hüsker Dü reside field set, 1985: The Miracle Year, is due out subsequent month. Revisit Eric Harvey’s overview of Sugar’s reissued albums Copper Blue, Beaster, and File Under: Easy Listening.
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05-02 New York, NY – Webster Corridor
05-03 New York, NY – Webster Corridor
05-23 London, England – Kentish City Discussion board
05-24 London, England – Kentish City Discussion board
