Pitchfork: Bob Mould Preps New Album

After burning out on guitar rock in the late 90s, Bob Mould has since remained distant from the brand of music he helped revitalize as a member of H�sker D�. Whether it be 2002's electronically tinged Modulate, or his DJ sets as Blowoff and Loudbomb, rock'n'roll has taken a back seat. On July 26, however, the Beaster may be back. According his label's website, Yep Roc Records will release Mould's sixth solo album, Body of Song on July 26, and it will "employ a guitar-heavy full-band approach" on two songs in particular: "Paralyzed" and "Circles".

Who's in that band of his, you ask? None other than Fugazi's versatile drummer Brendan Canty, plus Sugar bandmate David Barbe, Garland of Hours' Amy Domingues, and Matt Hammon, a member of Bob Mould's band circa 1998. The album will include 12 tracks (some of them more acoustic and/or electronic in nature), and it was recorded in four states over the past year or so by Don Zientara, Barbe, Frank Marchand, and Mould himself. Billboard has the tracklist, and the tracklist goes like this:

01 Circles
02 (Shine Your) Light Love Hope
03 Paralyzed
04 I Am Vision, I Am Sound
05 Underneath Days
06 Always Tomorrow
07 Days of Rain
08 Best Thing
09 High Fidelity
10 Missing You
11 Gauze of Friendship
12 Beating Heart the Prize

Possibly even more promising is the prospect of a Mould world tour, especially, as Yep Roc points out, if it "will see Mould performing material from all stages of his career-- solo, Sugar, H�sker D�-- for the first time in a full band context." Canty has already signed on as drummer for the tour, which will start in the fall. If they play "Pride", no, anything off Zen Arcade, then the Pixies will be out of business. Dates should be announced fairly soon, and hey, Bob has his own blog, so he'll probably mention it there too.