ENTERTAINMENT
Alternative rocker Mould on promotional tour
Band on campus Sunday
By Ming Rodrigues
Emerald Reporter
"There's no point in not
pushing yourself." said Hoi)
Mould, and with Black Sheets
Of Rain. his latest and second
solo album currently top five
on the college charts, the ac
claimed musician takes that te
net and hurtles into some pret
ty electrifying sonic territory.
This Sunday, students will
get to hear one of the pioneers
of hard core alternative rock as
The Hob Mould Band, on a pro
motional tour of their newest
Virgin release, makes their sec
ond appearance at the Universi
ty in the EMI1 Ballroom
Mould has gone bat k to the
roots of his music, injecting a
fresh perspective to a tried and
ies and Hoi House flowers;
Mould has re-emerged with his
classic sound and made it big
again."
This sort of leap has become,
in a sense, something to lie ex
pected from Hob Mould
Prior to coming out with his
first solo album. Work Hook.
with its more acoustic and re
served edge. Mould forged an
emphatic new approach to rock
as a member of Husker Du. the
trio that turned heads in rock,
thrash, hard-core and even pop
circles.
With Work Hook, which was
released last year. Mould re
ceived critical praise that was
followed immediately hv
months of concert tours
in many ways, III,h k Shrrts
Of Ruin is a response to the ex
“Mould made alternative punk rock
happen at a time when the genre is on a
different turn with the likes of The Pixies
and Hot House flowers; Mould has re
emerged with his classic sound and made
it big again. ”
— Jason Miller
true style.
"There's definitely more guts
and feeling in his music and
style." said EMU Cultural Fo
rum publicist Jason Miller
“His latest album really goes
out on a limb with a lot of dis
tortion. Mould made alterna
tive punk rock happen at a time
when the genre is on a different
turn with the likes of The Pix
hilarution of those shows,
which followed a two-year hia
tus from live performances
“Seeing how people reacted
to Work.Hook live and the
things that charged them up
got me going in this direction.”
he said “When you're writing
songs, you go with where
you're at at the time If you're
feeling loud, that’s what you
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Hob Mould, one of the pioneers of hard core alternative rock, will appear with his band as part
of a promotional tour for their latest album Black Sheets of Bain.
should write It just seems ap
propriate now to lie more ag
gressive "
Lyrically. Mould reaches
new depths of soul searching
and baring The words are
heavy broken relationships,
smashed dreams and general
themes of disillusion are exam
ined in highly personal ways
But there's a certain cathartic
element to it all that doesn't
leave the listener in throes of
doom and gloom.
Rather. Mould, working with
drummer Anton Fier (of ('.olden
Palominos fame) and bassist
Tony Maimone. infuses the
songs with a power that urges
personal strength and commit
ment.
Opening the concert is the
English band Ultra Vivid
Scene
Musically, one of the most
striking aspects of the band is
the complexity and stylistic
elusiveness of the compositions
of band member Kurt Kalske.
“I want to write songs that
am real and genuine.” Kalske
said, summing up the inherent
contradictions in writing rock
music of the thinking feeling
kind. "I don’t want to hold up
my life as an example to people
and say. 'Isn't this fascinating?
Aren't I just the most fascinat
ing person?' which is what I
think a lot of people do. Hut at
the same time I don't think it's
genuine unless it relates to
what I’m thinking and feel
ing.”
"I'm sort of caught in the
middle." he observed, "trying
to express things that I feel, but
not doing an emotional strip
lease for someone else's voy
euristic thrills."
Sunday's concert is at 8 p.m.
Tickets. $*) for students and
$12 for the General Public, are
available at the KMU Maindesk.
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