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Ever-evolving artist Bob Mould-whose face belongs on the Mount Rushmore of alternative music-decided to Inchwrite to the sunshine,Inch as he describes it, not because he likes the current administration. It comes from a more personal place-a place found in Berlin, Germany, where he's spent the majority of the last three years. Here, Mould would draw inspiration from the new environments. The theme, the cathartic vocals, and the strings all amount to Mould's catchiest, grabbiest album since Copper Blue, the acclaimed 1992 debut of his trio Sugar. Back then, Mould's work in Hüsker Dü, as a solo artist, and in Sugar helped define the sound of guitar rock in the alternative age. Sunshine Rock finds him doing it again for an era that has ostensibly eschewed rock. Sunshine Rock follows the 2016 of Patch the Sky, which was hailed by Rolling Stone as Inchconjuring the ecstatic rage of his earlier bands for a grim new eraInch and as Inchtight, sharp musings on aging, fizzled relationships and death that are melodic enough to sound like songs of victoryInch by the New York Times. Patch the Sky completed a trilogy including it's 2014 predecessor Beauty & Ruin and 2012's Silver Age. Album Tracks 1. Sunshine Rock 2. What Do You Want Me to Do 3. Sunny Love Song 4. Thirty Dozen Roses 5. The Final Years 6. Irrational Poison 7. I Fought 8. Sin King 9. Lost Faith 10. Camp Sunshine 11. Send Me a Postcard 12. Western Sunset
