Warehouse: Songs And Stories

You can definitely hear the influence on 90s alt-rock and grunge, at times it feels a little like REM, main issue is the album is too long and on first listen a lot of the songs blend into one. However I did enjoy it and the songs that stood out were very good, probably another listen or two and I'll enjoy it more.

Where others may say Husker Don’t, I say Husker Du.

2.5

Given this is 20 tracks long and over an hour, there were some definitely some dope moments. As a cohesive record though this was below average.

80’s semi alternative

Poppy punk feel. Early 80’s

Ok I was vibing at first, then the album was too long and I started getting angry. I can’t understand a single word they are saying (I can’t really understand lyrics in general), but I’m sure it was just man stuff.

Some proper Americana type indie. There's something about the way it's mixed/produced that makes it hard to key in to. It's fine? I guess?

This is decent but way too samey to be this long. Kind of sounds like R.E.M.

Meh. Yet another “how… why… why is this a must-hear album?” on this list. Nothing special at all.

Ok. Liked it at first then got samey

2.5

It's basically listening to the same song over and over again for an hour straight. The song itself is fine but the length of the album is to it's detriment.

Not the album i would choose for this list, but I get it I guess. It's their most "mature" but that means least daring. Some good songs but too many just OK songs. Rounding up the stars

Kinda just a worse R.E.M. like they sound the same

why is this the only album by Hüsker Dü in this book? I'm baffled that the team behind 1001 Albums would go for this overly long, samey power pop/college rock experience rather than Zen Arcade or New Day Rising, two albums which were indisputably more groundbreaking. I can appreciate that the band wanted to do another double LP, but they didn't have nearly as many fresh ideas here as they did on previous records, so it just feels like a slog to get from tip to tail. I'm not sure why I would listen to this over any R.E.M. album from the same time period. strong 5/10.

This was an interesting album, I've never actually listened to Husker Du lol but I actually enjoyed it! It was punky and yet not too hard but like for the 80s just right! I'm surprised they never got bigger!

Not sure on this one. It started off great, but the production is a little rocky. Sometimes it seemed a little samey. Doing some research I find they were overshadowed by REM, but were influential to other alt rock bands. I can hear that. I get some elements of Goo Goo Dolls and Hootie and The Blowfish. A few songs I really enjoyed, but particularly "Bed of Nails". I just wish it had a little more variety. Being their last album it makes me curious about their other work. I can't take anything away from the album though, it's decent enough for me to keep listening, but it's only just a 4 because sometimes I had to drop the volume.

nice and noisy

Didn't know the band. After a few tracks, I realized that they pretty much all sounded the same. Too much noise, fair vocal and in the end, annoying.

Sounds kind of muddy. The songs are very repetitive without really standing out to me, and it was quite a long album. Didn't really enjoy this one. 2.5

Don't know if it's better than "Zen Arcade" or not. Still liked it a bit.

Nah

Interesting album. Listened to it three times but it didn't grow much on me. Still, I feel it's a good album.

++: Standing in the Rain, You're a Soldier, You Can Live at Home +: Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope, Could You Be the One?, Friend, You've Got To Fall, Visionary, Tell You Why Tomorrow, Actual Condition +-: These Important Years, Back from Somewhere, Too Much Spice, She Floated Away, No Reservations, Up in the Air -: Ice Cold Ice, Turn It Around, She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man) --: Bed of Nails, It's Not Peculiar 3,7/10

Meh

What's with the super muddy production? I can't understand a word he's singing, and it makes the songs sound very similar. And there's 20 of them. 20!

Hüsker Dü is great and that’s not just the umlauts talking.

Prima. 3 sterren

I enjoyed this album it was fun to listen to. Too bad it seems it was the last. I am sure I will run across them in my music's algorithm.

Album is really a mash up of 2 solo projects from a band going in different directions. In Bob Mould's case those new directions would yield some great music. As many already have noted it's just way too long which results in the only Husker Du album I will not listen too. How to rank it? 3.5 is really where it's at but given the band I'll round up.

Yes, there are a couple gems on this but this isn’t even a top 3 Hüsker Dü record possibly their worst. The production is not good and it definitely didn’t need to be a double album. The record lacks the rawness and energy of the Hüsker sound and instead comes across as an attempt to gain radio play. Mould is the standout (yeah, I’m a huge fan) but he’s done better in all of his incarnations than what’s here. Could You Be the One and These Important Years are highlights. Several others a good.

Not my favorite Husker Du album. A little long. Maybe a band on the verge of dissolving comes through to much on this album. Still I enjoyed this more on this listen. Could You Be the One? is a great song.

I'm torn. This is probably a 4.5 album for me, it's really good, I like it a lot. Zen Arcade should be on this list, though, and I'm not sure if it is or not. If it's not, that's an oversight. I'll round this one up just in case.

I can hear the influence they had on future pop punk bands. Not for me though, didn't get much out of it.

I’ve heard of Hüsker Dü before, but I’ve never listened to one of their albums. However, I’ve listened to the solo album that Bob Mould put out earlier this year, and I’ve reviewed Copper Blue by Sugar, so I think I have a decent idea of what to expect on this. I gave Copper Blue four stars, but I wish I had given if five stars, because I really enjoyed it when I reviewed it, and I’ve relistened to it many times since then. If this album has the same sort of melodic rock, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it! This album was fine, but it definitely didn’t live up to my expectations for it. As a general rule, I enjoyed the songs Bob Mould wrote and sang lead vocals on more than the other songs. I read about how this album had songs written by all three band members, and I feel like there was a lack of cohesion that stemmed from this. Or maybe it was the tension in the band during the recording process that created that lack of cohesion. Who knows. I did like the overall sound though, and the melodic guitar playing that was present on Copper Blue was also present here. I didn’t really make note of many songs that I particularly liked, but that was because I found myself just generally enjoying the sound of this album as I listened to it. However, I will say that I thought “Turn It Around” was particularly great. There was a keyboard riff that was played throughout the song that I really loved. Even though I liked this album, the length was a bit of a turnoff as I listened to it, mostly because it bounced around between various songwriters and lead vocalists. Even though I wasn’t wowed by this album, I’d be willing to listen to it again now that I know what to expect. This album was just a lot to digest on one run-through, and I might enjoy it more on repeat listen.

"Fuzzily and ferociously fantastic – is there any poppier punk in this list? Such sweet melodies in all the furious shredding. That the two vocalists have similar styles may be a function of old couples coming to look and/or sound alike. Holds up well – really well – and better than the of others in their peer group. "Friend, You've Got to Fall" is one of their best-ever cuts.

I do like parts of the album but it goes on too long for how similar it is. I do like some songs that Husker Du puts out. I wanted to enjoy this one more.

Interesting album art. This opening track is all right. There are sonic similarities to R.E.M. I probably listened to bands influenced by these guys. I wish the recording had a more dynamic quality. The writing and compositions seem good but this production is terrible. It makes every song sound the same. It's way too long for what it is. I'd be curious if they have any better sounding albums. I had hoped to find another track that stood out but it never came.

shit from butt

Horrible. Cannot suffer through for a complete first listen.

Just like yesterday’s, this is an album I’d be more inclined to rate higher if it weren’t so long. I wasn’t at all in the right mood for this, and it was painful to get through

Like rem but I'm not an angsty teenager no more

One decent high-energy song repeated with slight variations for an hour... Yeah, this isn't quite my thing.

Not bad. The beta males song was ahead of its time

Having worked in different warehouses for years, I can ascertain that this is the kind of awful that your coworkers would put on the AUX speaker system for everyone to dread through

Not a fan

not for me

Well it wasn't what I expected with the heavy use of umlauts, but I didn't enjoy it much, either. Double albums are a slog when nothing really grabs you

Eigentlich ganz cooler Sound, ging flüssig runter wie Honig - 4 Sterne

43/1001 - Texturally homogenous and not particularly interesting given the amount of songs.

This should really be in my wheelhouse, but it just kinda sucks? I’ve long heard of this band and never gotten around to them and this was frankly disappointing. It sounds like I should give earlier albums a shot, but I am concerned their songwriting approach of sing the titular lyric 85,000 times as a chorus is an annoying running theme. This album is for people who want a more energetic REM who either has nothing to say or whatever they have to say is so washed out in the mix you’ll never figure it out. Descendents did better pop punk and Pixies did better alternative. Not sure why neither of those didn’t displace this album. I have no idea who is hearing Barenaked Ladies in this, but considering it was mentioned as a positive in that review I’m assuming that person was born deaf with terminally shit taste anyway.

I should like this band but for some reason I don’t. I can’t really hear what he’s saying and the music just sounds unnecessarily busy and sloppy. Good enough for a 3 though.

This was so disappointing. Mould's guitar and vocals are great, but the drums and especially the bass are really weak. At times it felt like listening to your local high school band that's OK, but something's not quite right.

I don’t know what to say about this one, it barely held my attention. Not to be completely unfair as I could tell there were some diamonds in the rough but finding them would require me to relisten which I have no desire to do. As a band unit they definitely shone but the repetition in songwriting and production was too fatiguing. I hadn’t listened to the band before and I will give them another chance with their earlier, more seminal work. Rating: 2.0

Kinda like rough punky REM. Solid 3.

I avoided these guys because of the dumb name, but this is a really decent album. Kind of hard to believe that this came out of the 80s, really. 3/5

forse a 15 anni si

Dio fa

An oddly produced final album, I really need to spend more time with their discography. While I don't hate this album, it's a bit incongruous to what I know before (Landspeed through Zen) but is a nice bridge to Sugar. Will listen again.

Inoffensive alternate rock/"dad rock". Comes off as wallpaper but was never horrible to listen to throughout. 2.5/5 -> 3/5

One of the many cases on this list of "right artist, wrong album" (also see Gorillaz, System of a Down, Queens of the Stone Age, etc). I'm not sure why this album was chosen over "Zen Arcade" or "New Day Rising" but I'm just glad Hüsker Dü is represented at all. A W for Minnesota as far as I'm concerned. Favorite track: Ice Cold Ice

I feel like I've heard of them, but not familiar with any of their music. Its okay - nothing really stood out.

I need to get a message to teenage me, to get hold of a few Hüsker Dü records. Like most smart teens I was busy with R.E.M. and PiL. From the vantage point of Now, it may seem like H.D. didn’t add much to the mix. But I think they did… this was a punkier, grungier band that clearly influenced many breakout bands of the 90s. But as for Now, I’d say the album still sounds good and is worth some time. Emphasis on “some” because it’s too long (a common complaint for double albums). But there were enough songs I want to hear again to rate it 4/5, such as: “Back From Somewhere” “Too Much Spice” “She Floated Away” (retro yet not) “Tell You Why Tomorrow” (a top pick) “You’re a Soldier” (admittedly *so* R.E.M.)

Wow. A double album. I tried to get into it, and the music was good. But try as I might, it just didn’t click with me. My friend compared them to R.E.M., but I didn’t believe until very late in the listen. In the end, I just didn’t connect. Probably more me that them.

Didn’t finish. Didn’t enjoy. Sounded too 80s for my taste and that’s just not my marmalade

Eh

idk it was fine

Loud and noisy, feels like an early Brit Pop album sometimes.

Listened: 11/02/2025 Album no: 18 % rating: 54% Fave Song: Well well well. I‘d managed to avoid listening to Husker Du for years but here we are 😂 These guys walked so bands like Hot Water Music could run. And while I appreciate that this is some early origins of that, this just ain’t for me. I do like how the lyrics are more telling a story, and some of the guitar riffs are super fun with some big breathy chords. I’d have listened to these 15 years ago I’d have loved them, but in 2025 I’ve moved on.

Nothing super interesting here, I mostly listened to this in the background and didn't enjoy the sound much. I think 2 star

Highlight of this album for me was "She Floated Away," which sounded a bit like an Irish folk tune. Still, there are far better celtic-punk bands to listen to for that sort of thing (The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly). The production is fatiguing for the ears. The guitars are so top-heavy that they mask a lot of the vocals as well as cymbals. The melodies are more pop-oriented than I expected, like a spritual precursor to the pop-punk of Green Day. Overall, I did not enjoy this album, though it wasn't horrible. 2 stars.

Mag ich ich gar nicht

Another good album from bob

There's probably a good single album in there somewhere, but this double album is too long, too samey, and sports a particularly bad sound mix.

Kind of long

Surprisingly good. Gave me allstar vibes

Took a minute to adjust to tone / level of guitar but it grew on me Will be listening to more Husker Du

Melodic, mostly upbeat.

For the most part, Bob Mould is the better songwriter on this one. Very long but pretty good throughout. I like Hüsker Dü but I hadn't even heard of this album before it came up yesterday. Weird one to put on this list.

Favorite tracks: Back From Somewhere; Could You Be The One?; Friend, You've Got To Fall; Turn It Around; She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man); Up In The Air. I just really love music like this! It's a bit long, and not all of the songs stand out, but it's definitely something to add to my collection.

Nothing new here

Standing in the Rain sounds almost exactly like the early Green Day I love, which came along in it's wake. I've tried to get into Husker Du before and not really succeeded, it's all good but it hasn't stuck. I think I said this last time. I really like Copper Blue though. So I am a bit torn here, Having listened to it all I definitely liked several tracks, and several just passed me by really. It might be a low 4, or if it's a 3 it's a high one. I think my issue is that they're transitioning to pop, but it's not quite catchy enough on enough songs, and the hardcore has dropped away. I went back to listen to Zen Arcade after this and this confirmed my suspicions, I preferred that.

4/10 Favorite Tracks: None Least Favorite: None

this album was the definitive evidence that it pop hooks alone didn’t make Husker Du great, they needed the fury too

Once again punk, rock? Not great music.

Not overwhelmingly good, but entertaining. Way too many songs on a single album though.

Unless it’s the Beatles, any story that starts with “they broke up after this album” usually doesn’t bode well for posterity. This album was just eh. Didn’t have the edge that made Hüsksr Dü cool and it was way too long for the style. Worse version of EEM was Ana pt analogy.

Might have gotten a 3 if it was half the length. Couple of fun songs, but really just goes on and on with the same sound.

Did not use a private session for Spotify. I got in to Husker Du late after stumbling upon a Bob Mould concert at a music festival, that show rocked. So I had high hopes for this album, though I did feel let down a bit as some of the songs took me out of the groove, it seemed like it was the non Mould songs that did it.

Netter Rock, aber nichts was mich vom Hocker gehauen hat 2-3/5

Not bad, though I didn't really love anything on this record. I think I'm more familiar with their older stuff, this album seemed more folk-punk and alternative than I was really expecting.

I've been hit or miss on Husker Du. I think this is more hit than miss though. I liked this a good amount. 3.5/5

Surprised this Dü album made it in, usually only New Day Rising and Zen Arcade are ranked (tbh for good reason), but it’s pretty good stuff. Wider in sound than those albums, although it’s missing the scope of Zen. Regardless, Definitely worth a spin for punk/college rock fans. B

Нормально. Вайбик имеется, разнообразие в треках есть, но при этом почти каждый трек никак не развивается в процессе, какая ритмика была в начале такая и на протяжении всей композиции (за некоторыми исключениями)

норм

Niet af kunnen luisteren. Hoe vaak kun je een bepaalde zin herhalen?! Zal best dat ze trendsetters waren oid, ik vind het herrie.

Es hört sich ein wenig so an, als wird bei REM der Hardrockknopf angestellt. Es ist ein temporeiches Album mit guten rockigen Songs z. B. „This important Years“, meinem Favoriten „Ice Cold Ice“, „Could You be The One“ oder „She Floated Away“ oder „Turn It Around“ Gerne mal wieder zurück zum Collage Rock.

Sounds like live REM demos and goes on way too long.

somewhere in between punk and indie in the john peel sweetspot

Very melodic with good energy, even though it lacks a ton of variety musically (which is pretty typical of punk bands). Certainly a more approachable sound than their previous albums. I enjoyed my listen. Is jangle-punk a thing?

Just some below average late 80s pop-punk album. A less good R.E.M. and the album goes on too long. 4/10 (2/5)

mid

Never fully listened to a Dylan album but enjoyed this. Yes, he can’t really sing but he’s part of a long list of people who made a career in music despite their vocals. At least his lyrics are interesting and so is the delivery. Bit same as you listen through but there’s enough there to keep you interested

No, I don’t want to listen to over an hour of bickering boys in their late 20, making middle of the road “punk” music in 1987.

Decent album. A lot of overlap between this and R.E.M which I can get behind pretty heavily. Hate to give this the fifth three in a row but that's all I'm getting from it.

I need to know. What did they mean she is a woman and now he is a man. Is it transgenderfication. Is it.

Nice songs, great stories, average music. If you randomly jump between songs, you don't even notice any change of beat, so it feels like one, long track that goes from "pretty good" to "please stop" in about an hour. Would be much better if this album was under 40 minutes.

Never heard of them before. Now I know why! Nothing remarkable. Musically O.K. but every song sounds the same and therefore the whole album is much too long. 1,5

I don't know why I liked this generic punk band better than the other generic punk bands. Maybe I was just in a better mood.

2 sterne

Just a bunch of noise rock/ alternative rock, with a slight edge of punk and power pop. Overall not really memorable and too long. 2.5

Too long but it's fine. It all sounds the same.

Dü dü 1.5

went on way too long, very similar sounding throughout, not for me, too radio friendly

Yelling and thrashing.

This is not the best Hüsker Dü album by any stretch of the imagination but listening to it today, I can hear the impact it made on all the small town punk bands who came along directly after they did.

First listen in regretting this trebly mess - my first impression was its punk with no teeth - noise and with a hint of emo melody - but somehow I stayed with it and the genius of this record started shining through. Past the lo fidelity production which actually suits this record - there’s a rollercoaster of melodies and good songs and it works throughout the full length of the album. With every listen I discovered new gems and it’s one to explore more - even in its lengthy runtime. It’s a diamond in the rough.

2.3 In small parts (eg standing in the rain) they sounded like a fairly decent REM cover band, but for the most part (eg bed of nails) it sounded like someone trying to take the piss out of REM. Shocked to see they started around the same time and indepedently of them. Not one to usually reference memes, but this is probably the perfect "we have REM at home" example. Thank Christ that's over.

REM vibe for sure, felt slightly worse production/musicianship but still entertaining. Needed to play with Spotify equalizer a bit

a 1 hr 9 min song.

Not bad, but a little anonymous

Nice but a bit monotonous

Oh man... the songs are so similar to each other that I can't even tell when one is over and the next starts

What can Hüsker Dü? They can fück off.

Moüldy old doügh

December 30th, 2024 I may preface this with some earlier Hüsker Dü, as Bob Mould’s other band, Sugar, was so long ago on the generator & I don’t have much context for this sound besides other contemporaries like Minutemen and Black Flag. Edit: dear me, I picked Zen Arcade & I realize now that both that and Warehouse are double albums. 💿 💿 💿 💿 Guess I’ll be hearing a lot from them today Edit 2: I admit this is a reductive take, but Zen Arcade is like the missing link between Tommy and American Idiot Edit 3: okay, halfway through the actual AOTD, and there are some key differences from Zen Arcade. The vocals are easier to hear in the mix, & the guitar is overall glossier and crisper. Despite the inclusion of a- I want to say glockenspiel- in the mix, the instrumentation is more conventional and akin to the 90s power pop that I remember from Sugar. Edit 4: There aren't many surprises in the back half, even though "Turn it Around" might be the best of these more melodic tunes. I don't want to fault the band for sticking with this sound, as it's often easier on the ears than the earlier Du I was listening to. What Zen Arcade has on this, though, is shape. Warehouse is not a concept album/rock opera, so a 14-minute-long song would be especially punishing here, but side 4 + the coda of “You Can Live At Home” didn’t feel like much of an ending. But then nobody forced me to listen to them 2 hrs straight, either HL: “Standing in the Rain”, “Ice Cold Ice”, “She Floated Away”, "Turn It Around" 3.5

No real standout tracks, no real duds either. Kinda like a punkier version of REM, ok but too long

Boring alternative rock

It was great to try to hook with this album and ending up in a completely zoned-out corner of my mind, just wondering if I'm trapped in the same song forever and ever.

“Standing in the rain” bruh you were late and she was on time, she prolly left after waiting a long time. Who’s the inconsiderate one here? Anyways, I don’t hate this album, it’s just that this sound gets a little stale after like the 4th song. I wish there were more peaks and valleys, but you just kinda stay at this plateau the entire time. I did like “She Floated Away” it caught my interest more than a lot of the others. The biggest thing this album does right is the writing, I enjoyed all the different metaphors and felt that they were pretty successful. Also, maybe I just don’t understand music production, but some of this mixing is so muddy and the vocals get lost in the sauce. I could just be ignorant to a certain “sound” tho. 2/5

29/12/24 After reading the band name, I was very doubtful about what i was going to hear, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Ok music. Heard a lot about this band but had never taken time to listen.

Warehouse: Songs and Stories is the sixth and final studio album by alternative rock band Hüsker Dü, originally released in 1987. I've always heard what a great band Husker Du was, and I had never actually got around to listening to any of their stuff before today. I don't think it was best to start with their final album. This album is kind of disjointed. Tensions between the band are obviously showing in this semi-bloated double album. Don't get me wrong, it's a solid record, but I feel like it has a lot of fluff. A good amount of these songs could've been cut from the final product imo. Their overall vibe reminds me a lot of Meat Puppets with a little bit of REM. Just very solid 80s alternative.

3 songs was enough. Crap

Turned it on and immediately tuned it out.

Boring

When I first saw this band described as “post punk” I thought, oh lord kill me now, but I ended up enjoying it. Very REM but less poppy.

It was an acceptable album. I would like to listen to their earlier stuff. The wiki said this was abit of a departure. Worth further exploration of the band.

Loved it. She Floated Away is a legit awesome song and I listened to it multiple times yesterday. After this album I listened to a few more of theirs and liked them too. Would listen to this entire band again even though I had never really listened to them before.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories is a pretty alright album. Musically, i do quite like what it does. It does mostly go for an alt rock sound with punk sounding guitars with the energy of indie music and it even does have a few diversions here and there so that's also nice. The vocals, however, leave something to be desired. They feel so weak and while i did get used to them as the album went on (partly thanks to the album's fairly long length), I still do not believe they are all that well recorded and the music does often have a tendency to drown them out. This album is pretty flawed but i have heard worse. Best Song: Bed of Nails Worst Song: You Can Live at Home

This was difficult to listen to and enjoy. A lot of the songs sound very similar and it just kind of coalesces into indistinguishable noise. Tough one.

All kind of the same

Production is poor, songs are strong.

OK

Sonically, this album is solid. It was great motivation for my run this morning. It got monotonous through the middle of it but the last few tracks were the highlight of the album for me. All around solid project!

Jangly.

I had a good streak going for a while, but I just wasn't feeling this one.

I don't like reggae

So... idk. Guess it didn't work like it was supposed to

This was middle of the road. It was not bad but not great either. The album length could have been a little shorter.

Maybe slightly shorter and the style itself was decent

okay so musically I liked their style and feel. Their voices however, were painful. They cannot sing. The background vocals sounded great though, especially on "Ice Cold Ice" and "Up in the Air". However the main vocalists sounded downright bad. And then there's the length. You make me sit through an hour and 9 minute long album, I want some variety to spice it up. This album had none of that, it was the same stuff over and over and over again. Nothing fresh or new later in the album that they hadn't already done earlier. Not a fan of that.

meh. it's like they were trying to cover REM but missed the mark. was ok as background music but way too long of a listen.

long for what it is, 3.25

What a boring album. Must listen!? I don't think so. So generic and boring. Nothing special.

The complete Huskerworks. My review: it's alright!

meh

It’s like a cover band of R.E.M songs but they don’t know any R.E.M songs. Also it’s way to fucking long. 4/10

Worse REM

If REM were shit.

I enjoy Hüsker Dü.

This album hits like flat beer on a cloudy day.

When I got this album, I was pretty excited to hear another Husker Du album, since I've really enjoyed Zen Arcade. Boy, this was not what I was expecting based on their previous work. This album definitely showcases the evolution in their sound and songwriting. They veered away hardcore punk and made an album that sounds a lot like the post-grunge alternative movement. Definitely an influential album that was well ahead of its time 4/5

Not sure

The last Husker Du album, and also the only one on the list. For my money, Zen Arcade or New Day Rising would be better choices, as they are better representations of why the band is so revered to begin with. Zen Arcade is something akin to a post-hardcore opera, filling a double album with buzzsaw rippers in between moments of genuinely solemn noise (listen to Pink Turns to Blue). Their follow-up, New Day Rising, sees the band maintain their sonic tone while rearranging the songs. By adopting Beatles-esque sensibilities, Husker Du refined their songwriting with catchier hooks while still maintaining the hardcore edge that people had come to love about them. This album marked a change for the band as they would round out their edges, moving more towards an alternative rock sound that was popular at the time. By Warehouse, they were more akin to REM than Minutemen or Black Flag. Warehouse is a perfectly fine collection of songs. Bob Mould and Grant Hart's songwriting still shines on tracks like Ice Cold Ice and It's Not Peculiar. Vocal harmonies on choruses with fuzzed out guitars makes for a memorable album, but perhaps Warehouse has too many of these kinds of songs to warrant its length. I do love the Husker Du tone a lot, but it feels better-utilized on their earlier albums compared to their finale. And yet, I feel a certain melancholy when listening to the closing track You Can Live at Home. Husker Du had the potential to shape their careers like REM and possibly break out into the mainstream with a radio-friendly hit. You can hear it in these songs, the temptation to lean more and more into power pop. Just before power pop would find a revival in the '90s, Husker Du had to call it quits. Grant Hart's difficulties with heroin withdrawal had hit a fever pitch while on tour, and Bob Mould made the call to cancel tour dates. With the three band members all facing respective junctures in their lives, it only made sense for them to go their separate ways. Walk away, you can live at home now.

I know I am 100% biased, but it’s hard for me to find a bad Husker Du album, and this is not the exception. Warehouse is melodic and nostalgic without sacrificing rawness and distortion. It is a great album

They would have actually ruled live. Not so much on disc. Fairly one-dimensional

Double album. Why?!

I had never heard of Husker Du, but I have definitely heard their influence. This sounded straight out of the 90's/early 00's and it is easy to hear all the various bands that this group influenced. Green Day, and Red Hot Chili Peppers were two that I could hear distinctly. A lot of times with albums with this kind of influence you can see how they shaped music and why they aren't as popular as the ones who followed. Not so much with this one as it is a solid album that is enjoyable to listen to. I'd probably give it a 3.5 with half stars but I'm going to round up because of the clear influence this band/album had on the next decade plus of music.

Pretty generic, not bad

Too much rock in this list. Boring.

Why is it twenty songs? I'm not mad at what I'm hearing, but I enjoy some songs slightly more then others.

Nothing to hear here.

The second double album from Hüsker Dü, and the last album made by the trio, Warehouse: Songs and Stories doesn't have the mythos that Zen Arcade possesses yet the abundance of good to great songs more than make up for that. And, while the songs can sound and feel monotonous towards the end, it's the sheer ambition of the Dü that makes Warehouse one of the more admirable efforts of 80s independent rock. Favorites: These Important Years, Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope, Standing in the Rain, You're a Soldier, Could You Be the One?, Too Much Spice, Friend, You've Got to Fall, She Floated Away, Tell You Why Tomorrow, It's Not Peculiar, Actual Condition, She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man), You Can Live at Home.

Was ok

Langweilig.

I like a lot of this. Generally, but not exclusively, I think Bob Mould’s stuff is better than Grant Hart’s. Problem is, the album is so friggin long. It’s another double album that would work better as a single.

Wasn’t a bad album, just nothing too great. Can see the comparison to REM and it is just a step below them. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again

frekar gott. en þarf yfirlegu og endurhlustun. 3,5.

Alright but not really holding my interest

Sounded pretty much as I expected, like REM but less pop and more rock. It was far too long and many of the tracks sounded far too similar. The production was tinny and annoying, but I guess I got used to it. There were still good bits here and there, so I'm not going with 2 stars and will elevate this to 3 stars, which feels a bit over-generous.

Not bad - guitarist rips. Not something I will come back to. Name scared me but I think it just barely gets a ⭐️⭐️⭐️.

nah

The mix is soo bad

Forgettable, generic 90s rock.

Wasn't really feeling this one. Probably a good opening band for REM, but this album doesn't belong on this list. My impression is that indie rock really struggled in the early to mid-80s, until bands like U2 and REM really found their footing.

That's not my taste in music. But ok.

Pre: I obviously know Husker Du and have liked and appreciated Bob Mould and Grant Hart's post-HD stuff, but the band itself has never been my favorite. I respect what they did, but their music rarely catches me (except for Statues, which is one of the best punk singles ever). All that said I'm fairly certain I've somehow never listened to this album before. The spotify description listed them as post-punk and a bridge to poppier stuff in the 90s. That actually helps me contextualize their music and appreciate it a bit more Bed of Nails caught my ear, I liked that one. I caught some vibes in there that reminded me of (the much more on-her-sleeve) Trans Mantra by Ezra Furman. I know not everything is about gender or sexual identity, but in retrospect maybe Bob was dropping some pretty big hints. Anyway, good song, it's one of the few that made me stop and listen. Overall I have a tremendous respect for Husker Du but the album didn't do a ton for me.

I had some friends that were super into Hü Dü in high school and college, but I never really got into them. That said I liked this more than I expected, some cool guitar riffs and bass lines (note to self: stop listening to these on the phone you’ll actually hear the bass)

Far more "college rock" than the earlier punk songs I was expecting from this album. Not bad other than the drums sounding like crap to me. Hearing these songs, you can see how Bob would end up doing "Workbook" in a couple of years. And Sugar too frankly.

Nothing wrong with this album, but not a whole bunch like, really, RIGHT about this album either. I know lots of folks that love Husker DU, I think they are mostly just bland.

Fav: Could You Be The One? Least Fav: Visionary Really wanted to give this a 4/5 but it’s too long and needs cutting down by a large amount, however there are some cracking songs on here

I didn't really understand why this album was on the list. Personally found it to be a complete nothing of an album. I don't HATE it or anything but it's so unremarkable it might be worse than hating it.

Woof! I didn't know that much about Husker Du, except that they're fairly revered by other bands of the era and genre. I can totally see why. It's really melodic while still carrying a post-punkish bite and tone. I'm going to come back to this again and again.

Meh.

This album is just too long and samey for me to get into all that much. I think Hüsker Dü's are at their best when they're sounding a bit gruffer and lean more hardcore. Zen Arcade is peak

We expected it to be a lot more abrasive, but actually it was enjoyable.

Nice bit of rock. Loved it from start to finish. Like Therapy? mixed with REM. Nice.

This was a really pleasant surprise, even for a pretty long album (70 mins, 20 songs), I had no idea what Hüsker Dü were all about and I found that album cover frankly offensive. But they're like a melodic, post-punkier 80s REM with some great tunes and a handful of really catchy hooks. I found myself adding more and more tracks to my playlist and having a good dive down the rabbit hole. Definitely the sort of day I hoped for when I started the challenge. Would not have discovered this by myself.

This is the first album that I have not been able to finish. Like holy shit that production, like what am I meant to be hearing? It sounds like it was recorded in a crisp packet. Sometimes the music can save shit production, but this is not the case. Whiny bar chords and weak vocals. But then I started to look up the context behind this, and how they basically hated each other at the time of the album and I think one of them never even listened to it. I do find it interesting listening to an album with that kinda history and seeing if you can find the signs of tension or apathy in the music. I've never heard another Husker Du song, so maybe the shitness of the album is because they did not wanna be in the recording studio together. Still... 1 / 10

Now I understand why I've always seen Hüsker Dü and R.E.M. mentioned in the same sentence. They have a similar style, at least on this album. The vocals in both bands make them distinct though. This is a big album but easy to listen to. It's perfect for putting on in the background -- I did some cooking and folded laundry while listening to it today and I was jamming. The style is pretty consistent across more than an hour of music -- loud and noisy alt-rock with some good hooks and good lyrics (although the vocals aren't always up front in the mix so I didn't always catch the lyrics). Give me more Hüsker Dü! I've waited too long to listen to them. I really like this album cover too.

This album has an interesting sound. 1987 alt rock/punk with really interesting production tones- like the drums are some of the brightest/thinnest sounds I think I've ever heard on a rock record. The kick sounds like it's triggered and it makes it really stand out in the mix but I don't think in a good way? It allows room for the bass to be more present- which is great, but this type of sound is usually more raw and less polished and I feel like these drums sound kind of clamped down? I want to like this more because it reminds me of early skate punk at times but it just feels like it doesn't know what it wants to do. It's trying to do A while also doing B, and both of those conventionally conflict with eachother and not in a cool experimental way. I'll give it another try at some point but I don't find myself coming back right away.

It's pretty OK. It doesn't sound heavily 80s, but it definitely has some 80s rock flavor to it. One thing that knocks its rating down a bit is that its quality is fairly inconsistent. Some songs I feel like I can hear bits of R.E.M. or The Lemonheads. Other songs just sound like basic album filler that is just kinda there. Overall, not a bad album, but too goddamned long. 20 songs is too many songs.

Fantastic. Bits of Michael Stipe in there, weirdly enough.

Very mid, all sounds the same

It was OK, I think I would listen to it again…in the far distance future

Familiar sounds. Enjoyed

Not for me

5/10. Nothing special for me. Wasn't terrible, but nothing stuck out. Added 'Could You Be the One' to the playlist.

Punk my favorite music genre NOT. Highly irritating noise.

Eh. Blends in with other alt rock

Spent most of the album waiting for it to end. But there was always another song.

Boooo I like the album cover though

Started off a bit slow, but actually grew on me as it went through the album. Not a bad punk album, thought the mixing could do with a little work though

Sigh, another day and another late 80s early 90s generic rock album that only made the list because the author was a prisoner of the moment. I ended this one completely impressionless and bored. People should be meaner to these albums.

Wow this sucks. Some of the instrumentation is OK but overall just bland and annoying. 1.5

-this feels a bit like R.E.M with a punk rock twist to me, I’m surprised they didn’t get more popular. Definitely quite a few solid songs on here (Ice Cold Ice is great) but it felt a little bloated especially near the end when it felt like I was listening to the same song over and over. Not bad at all tho -Favorites are Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope and Ice Cold Ice

Ganske vibe egt

Pretty decent

tiresome. too long.

The disappointing aspect is the double album length. It’s solid Hüsker but it also feels like listening to very similar songs in a row. This sounds cool but this is also not peak Hüsker Dü. 3 stars.

Album No. 1000. The final stretch is here. Very soon, I will be leaving this realm and ascending to a new one. I only know "Zen Arcade" by these guys, and I'm surprised they picked this one instead. Sounds like punkier R.E.M. Way too fucking long, but pretty good.

I'm not sure how to feel about Warehouse, other than that it sounds like an album that other people have since done better. Maybe they were an inspiration for other musicians, and so have influenced the development of music in a way. Regardless, I'm not sure this album needed to be over an hour long. It's just a bit eh to me.

The production, vocals, instrumentation, lyrics, and writing are not nearly good enough to warrant a seventy minute album. 2/5

I always though Husker Du was more of a hardcore band. Another double album? Come on, music critics. Just because a band you like made a bunch of songs all at once doesn't make it good. It's so hard to make a single good album, why do so many artists think a double album is a good idea? This is more like a grunge album so far. I'm not sure why everyone thought that Nirvana and Pearl Jam were so ground breaking at the time. These guys and the Pixies were doing something similar before the grunge explosion. This is much better than I anticipated, at least I like it more than I expected. I think their name threw me off. I don't know why this wasn't more mainstream, maybe before their time with grunge or after their time with punk? The lead singer sounds like the guy from Barenaked Ladies. This is completely forgettable but there are a million 90s bands that owe these guys a huge debt of gratitude. She Floated Away could be a Pogues song from Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. If this album was the soundtrack to a 1987 version of the movie Singles, it would have changed the trajectory of so many bands and music history. This is starting to drag a little. Maybe "post-punk" is making more sense to me now because I can hear how someone would think this album sounds like REM in spots. You Can Live at Home sounds like a Talking Heads song, the bass line and vocals are clearly imitations, or "influenced by", them.

a little too samey and a little too long but good vibes all the way through.

Great fun, love the genre, don't think it quite rises to the level of REM or Depeche Mode, but glad it exists

The vocals and songwriting are both rather ho-hum. It's OK I guess

This album was a fine listen, nothing objectionable, fairly straightforward indie/alt rock. None of the tracks particularly stood out and it was a bit longer than it needed to be. I would be willing to hear it again but I doubt I would seek it out.

Listenable old style rock. 3*

Only really heard snippets in between working. It was fine.

Estos grupos que fueron la base del momento grunge al final quedaron en un segundo plano, bien por llegar pronto o por no conectar con el público general. Este grupo lo escuché de refilón ya que la voz del cantante que tuvo también sus discos en solitario es bastante inconfundible. Viendo su historia y su comparación con R.E.M. es cierto que hay similitudes y que por ese lado de la música alternativa tampoco hubo éxito. No está mal merece ser escuchado en retrospectiva de lo que pudo ser y no fue.

Much like 'Zen Arcade', a collection of tracks that was made for the stage, not so much for the recordings, stretched out to unnecessary length where even the most outstanding songs start blending in and becoming mush.

I liked the sound. Was not familiar with their work

Love the backroom-sy covert art and the punk-ish sound.

Hmmm. I don't have much to say about this one. I slogged through it and found regrettable at best. No water in the well for me here.

I feel like if I'd discovered this 35 years ago when most everyone else was listening, it would've spent some good time in my walkman. I'm aware that a good bit of musicians have pointed to HD as an influence, Curt Cobain being among them. Unfortunately, I'm more familiar with Bob Mould more than Hüsker Dü. Today, the most surprising thing about this band is they're from Minneapolis.

I dig Hüsker Dü's sound. I just don't dig that much of it. Hüsker Dü was incredibly influential, shaping the alt/indie rock sound of the 80s, and inspiring the artists of the 90s, but they generally don't get the due they deserve. I'm surprised that "Warehouse," their last album, is their entry on the list. They had a super-prolific decade, but more focused efforts like "Zen Arcade" or "Candy Apple Grey" are stronger. I don't love either Bob Mould or Grant Hart's voices, but they work well enough with the band's post-hardcore style. I lean towards 3 stars, but it really is too long. However, I gave Dinosaur Jr. 2 stars this week, and definitely liked this better.

Huh, I thought with a name like Husker Du, this would be more hardcore. It’s very pop-punk but kinda blah pop punk.

Double albums are almost never a good choice over choosing half as many of the best songs. Pick any 8-10 songs and this would be a 3 star album. But it just drones on and on and on.

I lost what I wrote. Treated it like Irish pub kinda music, like songs that you hear in that kind of setting and that kind of vibe. Too many songs, got a bit bland, but some were really good. Standouts: These Important Years, Ice Cold Ice, Could You Be The One?, and She Floated Away.

Could not finish this album. Every song sounds exactly the same, with poor mixing and ass vocals. Not to mention the 70 minute length. Hard pass. I'd heard everything this album has to offer after listening to three songs, and it's not much.

You can leave this home.

Another album where I’ve heard of the band but not familiar with the music. I’m extremely happy to note that I really liked this album. Figures it was their last studio album all those years ago.

The rare double album that gets better as it goes on. Interested to revisit this down the line, especially after refamiliarizing myself with their early records. 3.5/5

3.5

Friend you’ve got to fall and up in the air

Although I appreciate their influence on much of the music I do love, I’ve always been more of a Husker Don’t guy. 3/5

Big correction... I rated the wrong record... Warehouse is more in a post punk mode or even proto pop punk and was more to my liking than New Day Rising (7.15) ★★★½

Cool early alternative rock sound, but a bit too punky for my taste, and a bit uneven

Not the most essential Husker Du album by a long shot, but there's still some good stuff here. I was always higher on the Grant Hart songs than the Bob Mould songs, and this album continues that tradition -- "Charity, Chasity, Prudence, and Hope", "Too Much Spice", "She Floated Away", and "Actual Condition" are the best songs here. 4 Stars.

Pretty tough to get through. It’s about 70 minutes, 20 songs and most of them sound the same. Vocals sound creaky in a Roy Woodish kind of way and the riffs just do the same sludgy thrashy jangle kinda thing. Standing In The Rain jumps out early on as a quality tune but after that highlights were hard to find. Actual Condition has a slight retro rockabilly 50s diner feel that doesn’t really fit and probably the song I liked the least. 2.5 stars.

Very good double album that would have been a fantastic single album. Loved Ice Cold Ice, Could You Be The One, She Floated Away and Charity, Chasity, Prudence and Hope. 4 stars 8.4 out of 10

4.5 stars. Key album in paving the way to 90's alt rock sound. Knocking off a half star because it's a bit long and the sound can get repetitive, but I really liked this. "Bed of Nails" only track that was a real dud. Otherwise standouts are "Could You Be The One?", "These Important Years", and "You Can Live at Home".

Random

Funsies and a lot of noice

This feels like going to a pub and there's a band playing - you didn't go there to see them but there they are. At first it's like, alright nice some music would be cool, but half an hour into the gig you've had enough.

3.5

Never heard of the band before..some tracks sound very alike, and it's a long album... liked some.. not all.

Horrendously overrated band and album that couldn't end fast enough. This was a painful listen.

Eh. Sort of whatever

It was fine.

Only knowing the lead singer of this band from a track he did with Foo Fighters ("Dear Rosemary" off of Wasting Light), I was eager to listen to this being that Hüsker Dü is known as punk royalty and Bob Mould has a very unique voice for the genre. Fair play to the more down and dirty early punk rock sound which mainly relies on the descriptors of "fast" and "loud", but the more melodic, dynamic punk bands are the ones that I have a deep admiration for and like to revisit. Hüsker Dü definitely falls under the latter category. Mould's smooth, deep voice sets this band apart from the oftentimes shrill shouting that accompanied alot of the pioneering punk sound of the day. Pleasant-sounding hooks mix well with the rhythms and edge that is more synonymous with punk, and made for a very interesting listen. I can see why this band has stood the test of time and is fun to listen to even in 2024. Notable Tracks: - These Important Years - Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope - Standing in the Rain - Back from Somewhere - Turn It Around - You Can Live at Home 7/10

Solid upbeat rock record. Reminded me a little bit of Green Day.

This is really fun, hard driving, post-punk hard rock 'n roll. Really good. A wee more variety on the guitar work would suit me better than strictly rhythm play.

I had to take a break half way through, and listened to Everything Falls Apart as a palate cleanser.

Lovely!!

you can't fool me, michael stipe

Good album. A long album but good to hear the start of punk rock and the legendary Bob Mould.

I like Hüsker Dü, but I felt this album was missing a bit of something. Not bad at all, I just couldn’t get into it.

me if i was an album that sucked ass:

Du rock plus dur, mais qui dérange toujours pas

I like this, but I can't explain exactly why. They remind me of a mix of other bands, yet they sound like their own thing - a little punk, a little grunge, a little alt? Interesting. The album was a little long, but it made for good driving music. 3.5 stars.

One of my favourite bands! Love Husker Du, Love Sugar, and love Bob Mould's solo stuff as well. Not my favourite of their albums, but still a damn near perfect listen from top to bottom.

Let me get this out of the way, it’s not THAT bad. I like the classic rock sounds that remind me of the likes of Styx and other great 80’s rock bands. However, this album feels like it’s trying too hard to replicate that 80’s rock band fame. The vocals, as many have pointed out, are pretty abysmal, sounding close to an REM ripoff but bad. Also, the production and mixing on this record is… wow. How did this get through to the final product? The lyrics are obviously as cheesy as 80’s gets. This album feels like it’s taking everything from the 80’s, but mostly the bad stuff.

Crazy selection for 1001 albums. The Huskers deserve to be here but it should have been Zen Arcade and it's not even close. This might be the most egregious error yet on this list and I'm afraid that to the extent this list is influential, it may unjustly damage Husker's legacy. Most fans would tell you Warehouse is not a bad album, some would, actually, but it's widely understood to be their worst and a terrible introduction. It's their last album when they weren't really getting along anymore and it's too long and self-indulgent and despite the major label budget it still has that incredibly thin, low budget sound. They may be the only band in history who's recordings got worse sound quality-wise as they matured and got bigger recording budgets. I never understood that. So Husker Du was an awesome band but you wouldn't know it chucking this on the turntable. The best way to be introduced to Husker Du takes a little work, but it's totally worth it: what you have to do is take a bad acid trip alone wearing an Army surplus trench coat in a desolate junk yard on the outskirts of Minneapolis on a freezing overcast winter afternoon that's getting dark weirdly early during Reagan's first term, eventually crawling home to be inexplicably greeted by "Diane" from Huskers' Metal Circus. On behalf of Husker Du fans everywhere, please accept my apology for this terrible mistake and try to put this entire day out of your mind. Thank you!

I first heard Bob Mould's music with one of his early solo albums, and knew about Hüsker Dü but never really listened to them (then or now), so it's nice to get another piece in the Bob Mould music puzzle (not that Hüsker Dü is only a Bob Mould vehicle, of course). I was a bit disappointed to see that the album went over an hour, as I suspected (correctly, as it turns out) Hüsker Dü couldn't hold my interest for that long, but that's always the roll of the dice with these albums. I largely enjoyed the album overall, mainly as a time capsule for a certain brand of music in the later 80s, but none of the songs really stood out to me, and I was struck by how similarly muddy-sounding this album is to the Bob Mould solo album I listened to fairly regularly way back when ("Workbook"). I guess the muddiness/flatness of the mix is intentional, but it makes most of their tracks all sound both similar and not-very-memorable. And the whole Mould-hates-Hart-and-vice-versa drama is not only uninteresting (to me), but equally invisible on the album (although very sad that this rivalry resulted in their manager committing suicide not long before this album). That said, I did enjoy "Standing in the rain", "Bed of nails" and "You can live at home" the most of the lot, and I liked the Pogues-like "She floated away" too.

jangly rocking album with fuzzy voices--not bad but not really going to stick with me.

This album reads like a freshman English lit paper. Boring, unoriginal, and about 3 times too long. They maybe had enough ideas for a decent single, so they made it into an entire lousy album. 2 stars due to failure to edit.

first listen i didn't much like this album and i especially didn't like this mix

Came to this late but great album

Hüsker Dü has always been one of those you’re-supposed-to-like-this-band bands, like Gang of Four or Radiohead, that I just never saw the appeal of. I appreciate that the book picked their last album where they’d apparently softened up quite a bit, and I suppose I liked this more than “Zen Arcade”, although I don’t remember much about it other than it being noisy and abrasive and sucking, but even at their poppiest, Hüsker Dü aren’t poppy enough for me. “It’s Not Peculiar” was pretty decent. Look, I’d be angry if I lived in Minnesota too, but you don’t have to put that evil on me Ricky Bobby. Just go back to your igloo and drink your Molsen with the Gundersons and the Olaffsens and say “you betcha” a bunch. Don’t make a bunch of cranky aggro albums that I have to listen to in order to be considered a true music fan.

I really liked this one! It ran on a little too long, but it was a perfect blend of 80s indie alt and roguish punk. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even looped it back to start again when it was over.

A lot of the tracks sounded a bit too similar, but there are also some catchy ones mixed in. Decent. Highlights: These Important Years Friend, You've Got To Fall Actual Condition

Fun classic rock album. Makes me want to play the electric guitar. Find myself bobbing my head and singing the lyrics as the songs are playing for the first time

It didn’t really do anything for me at first, then it did, then it didn’t, then it kind of did again.

I am familiar with their earlier Zen Arcade, this is a fuller production, also more psychedelic where Zen Arcade was a bit angrier. Really like the songs Ice cold ice and Visionary.

Rating: 6.5/10 A few great songs and quite a few that are decent. Plenty of catchy melodies but way too long, there is no need for this to be 20 songs and over 1 hour long. Favorite songs: These Important Years, Ice Cold Ice, Could You Be the One?, Too Much Spice, She Floated Away, She's a Woman. Worst song: You're a Soldier.

Одна и та же песня с разным текстом 20 раз подряд. Сначала я подумал это то что может мне понравиться - это мои мысли во время первого трека. Хм, эта песня похожа на предыдущую - мысли второго трека, и т. д. По одиночке от песен можно кайфовать, но вместе это ядерная смесь, кажется что к концу часа можно сойти с ума. Второй альбом у которого все песни одинаковы и это подтверждает что прогрессивная музыка - самый разнообразный жанр. Даже у ГО песни чувствуются разными именно басовыми партиями, а тут одни и те же паттерны барабанов и гитар, как будто бы они ничего больше не знают, даже как такого медляка нет, короче шляпа. 2 звезды.

This is quite a long album, but I enjoyed most songs start to finish. Not sure if I've actually heard this band before. The cover art is kind of egregious. As with any 20-song album, it got a bit monotonous over time, but there was at least some degree of variation from song to song.

I know this is classic, but it's not for my taste

interesting album with some variation but still relatively straightforward

Try as I might, I just don't get the appeal of Husker Du or any of Bob Mould's projects. I get that they were supposed to have been a hugely influential band but I really don't hear it (Ok, yes it does sound a bit like early R.E.M. but not nearly as good). 'Warehouse' has its occasional moments ('Ice Cold Ice' stands out) but for the most part I just don't feel much of anything listening to it. A lot of it just sounds like a dime-a-dozen local indie rock band who should keep trying. Maybe I'm judging it too much against all of the indie rock that would follow and not seeing it enough in the context of its release. The length definitely doesn't do it any favors. Cutting out the weakest 40 minutes could have persuaded me to give it 3 stars. Apologies to any fans of Husker Du. I tried, but it's just not doing much for me.

I’m aware of HD. I never heard their music(?) before today. My family, friends, coworkers, colleagues, the entire world, et al…. NO ONE ever recommended them to me.

Interesting for sure. I want to give it a better listen.

I want to like this, but I can't get all the way there. There are plenty of moments that start to build to a good jam, but then end up as frustrating or repetitive. It also feels a bit too scruffy for my taste. I'd love a bit more musicality. If there was a 2.5 option I'd use that, as 2 feels a tad harsh.

Good, but not memorable.

Mmh

REM if the R stood for Rock. Fine, absolutely never listening to this on purpose again but it didn’t irritate me and I tried every track.