{"id":14596,"date":"2021-02-19T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T05:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=14596"},"modified":"2021-02-17T21:22:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:22:54","slug":"bob-moulds-career-covering-distortion-boxset-gets-3rd-installment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=14596","title":{"rendered":"Bob Mould\u2019s career-covering Distortion boxset gets 3rd installment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third vinyl installment of Bob Mould\u2019s career-covering Distortion boxset series \u2013 this time covering 2008-2019 \u2013 alongside a series of Best Of compilations, all of which land Apr 16th<\/sup>\u00a0on Demon.<\/p>\n

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The main vinyl box being announced includes: 2008\u2019s District Line, 2009\u2019s Life and Times, 2012\u2019s Silver Age, 2014\u2019s Beauty & Ruin, 2016\u2019s Patch the Sky and 2019\u2019s Sunshine Rock covering a particularly fruitful and resurgent period for Bob in which he penned some of his most beloved records. Alongside them is a bonus LP which features Bob\u2019s collaborations with Foo Fighters and Butch Walker and his 2019 Buzzcocks cover single \u2018I Don\u2019t Mind\u2019, as well as a 28-page booklet featuring liner notes by journalist Keith Cameron, contributions from J Mascis and Shirley Manson, lyrics and memorabilia.<\/p>\n

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DISTORTION: THE BEST OF 1989-2019<\/b><\/em>\u00a02LP, 2CD, 4CD + DIGITAL ALSO OUT APR 16th ON DEMON<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On\u00a0April 16th, 2021<\/strong>,\u00a0Demon Music Group<\/strong>\u00a0will continue their year-long\u00a0Bob Mould<\/strong>\u00a0reissue campaign with\u00a0Distortion: 2008-2019<\/b><\/em>, the third\u00a0of four vinyl boxsets\u00a0chronicling\u00a0the solo career of the legendary American musician. It follows hot on the heels of October’s 8LP\u00a0Distortion: 1989-1995<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0boxset, which took in Mould’s early solo outings as well as his records with the much-beloved\u00a0Sugar<\/strong>, January’s 9LP\u00a0\u00a0Distortion: 1996-2007<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0boxset continuing through\u00a0the next steps in Mould’s solo career and his outings as\u00a0LoudBomb<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Blowoff<\/strong>, and the 24CD\u00a0Distortion: 1989-2019<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0box, which covers the entirety of his post-H\u00fcsker\u00a0D\u00fc output.<\/p>\n

Distortion: 2008-2019<\/em>\u00a0follows Mould through a number of standout records that include some of his most celebrated work – collected here are\u00a0District Line<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0(2008),\u00a0Life and Times<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0(2009),\u00a0Silver Age<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Beauty & Ruin<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0(2014),\u00a0Patch the Sky<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0(2016) and\u00a0Sunshine Rock<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0(2019), as well as a bonus disc\u00a0Distortion Plus: 2008-2019<\/i><\/strong>, which features Mould’s collaborations with\u00a0Foo Fighters<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Butch Walker<\/strong>\u00a0plus the 2019 single ‘I Don’t Mind<\/strong>‘. It comes pressed on clear vinyl with an etched B-side.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, also seeing release on April 16th via Demon are 2LP, 2CD and 4CD\u00a0Distortion: The Best of 1989-2019<\/i><\/strong>\u00a0compilations – the first career-spanning compilations of Mould’s solo recordings, all of which were compiled by the man himself. Gathering 24 tracks (2LP), 32 tracks (2CD) and 73 tracks (4CD) respectively, the sets collect the cream of the main\u00a0Distortion<\/em>\u00a0boxes and offer a fascinating glimpse of a musician at the vanguard of his field for over four decades. The 2CD edition\u00a0also includes a 16-page booklet with a new essay by Cameron and artwork by Marchner, while the 4CD version comes with a 32-page companion that includes all of the above alongside a foreword by\u00a0Fred Armisen\u00a0<\/strong>and contributions from\u00a0Richard Thompson<\/strong>,\u00a0Bethany Cosentino\u00a0<\/strong>and Shirley Manson. Both compilations will also be available digitally via all DSPs and iTunes. The audio on the\u00a0Best Ofs\u00a0<\/em>has been\u00a0mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering in Boston.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0called Distortion because it describes the music and it fits the world we live in,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0says Mould of the boxsets.\u00a0\u201cIn this new age, everybody shares their life in real time. But I\u2019m not done yet. If I didn’t have a constantly active career, this anthology might feel like the proverbial dirt landing on top of my coffin \u2014 though somehow I seem to be able to crawl my way out of the dirt every time!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

As Cameron offers:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1989, Bob Mould was already a renowned figure, thanks to his trailblazing work with H\u00fcsker D\u00fc: the Minneapolis trio which refracted \u201960s pop melody through the discord of hardcore punk, creating a new language that Pixies and Nirvana would subsequently teach the world to sing. With his debut solo album Workbook, however, Bob Mould amazed his audience with its pastoral beauty and contemplative tone.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be the first in an ongoing series of artistic transformations, each profoundly shaped by Mould\u2019s sensitivity to his environment. In 1992, he formed Sugar, a band whose debut album Copper Blue earned both critical plaudits and a long overdue popular dividend. Just three years later, with Sugar at its commercial peak, Mould ended the band and made a self-titled solo record mapping the most nakedly personal path down a road already hallmarked by unsparing self-expression. He shocked then confounded fans by announcing his retirement from rock music in 1998 and re-emerging in the new century as an experimental electronica artist and successful DJ, whose club night Blowoff became a phenomenon across the US. By the end of the \u201900s, Mould had found a harmonious accommodation between his musical selves, and in 2012 released the catalytic Silver Age, made with his latest power trio configuration, and heralding a resurgent decade. A succession of albums up to 2019\u2019s Sunshine Rock followed, each one a real time\/real life distillation of fearless artistic vision and a master craftsman\u2019s skill.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The 7LP\u00a0<\/strong>Distortion: 2008-2019\u00a0<\/b><\/em>boxset and\u00a0<\/strong>Distortion: The Best of 1989-2019<\/b><\/em>\u00a02LP, 2CD and 4CD compilations\u00a0are all\u00a0released Apr 16th, 2021, via Demon Music Group. The 24CD\u00a0<\/strong>Distortion: 1989-2019,<\/b><\/em>\u00a08LP\u00a0<\/strong>Distortion: 1989-1995<\/b><\/em>\u00a0and 9LP\u00a0<\/strong>Distortion: 1996-2007<\/b><\/em>\u00a0boxsets are all\u00a0available now.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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The third vinyl installment of Bob Mould\u2019s career-covering Distortion boxset series \u2013 this time covering 2008-2019 \u2013 alongside a series of Best Of compilations, all of which land Apr 16th\u00a0on Demon.   The main vinyl box being announced includes: 2008\u2019s District Line, 2009\u2019s Life and Times, 2012\u2019s Silver Age, 2014\u2019s Beauty & Ruin, 2016\u2019s Patch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1298,5799,5657,1299,5664],"class_list":["post-14596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bob-mould","tag-brace-yourself-pr","tag-demon-music-group","tag-husker-du","tag-sugar","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14596"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14604,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14596\/revisions\/14604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}