Life and Times

Renowned for fronting Husker Du in the 1980s and Sugar in the `90s, singer/guitarist Bob Mould became considerably less prolific in the 21st century, issuing solo albums only every few years. Upon signing to the lauded Anti label, however, the college-rock icon issued the well-received DISTRICT LINE, and then followed just over a year later with this 2009 outing. Released two full decades after his solo debut, WORKBOOK, LIFE AND TIMES largely nods to that watershed record, as best evinced on the jangly, pensive "I'm Sorry, Baby, But You Can't Stand in My Light Anymore," but it never seems bogged down by Mould's past, making its one of his most satisfying post-Sugar albums.