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Savage Young Dü
Rock · 2017 · 69 tracks

Savage Young Dü

Hüsker Dü

Sixty-nine tracks of blistering midwestern punk evolution, from basement demos to the birth of melodic hardcore. A raw, tape-saturated document of a band catching fire.

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Savage Young Dü is a massive, high-velocity excavation of the foundations of American alternative rock.

Savage Young Dü is a massive, high-velocity excavation of the foundations of American alternative rock. It sounds like a band trying to outrun their own instruments, defined by Bob Mould's signature buzzsaw guitar tone and Grant Hart's frantic, melodic drumming. The experience is one of pure friction: the songs are short, sharp, and delivered with a desperate intensity that feels like it could fly off the rails at any second. It captures the exact moment when the raw, nihilistic energy of hardcore punk began to collide with the sophisticated pop sensibilities of the 1960s, creating a sound that is simultaneously abrasive and infectious.

Savage Young Dü · vs · Hüsker Dü
Lo Fi+1.1σ

The production is pushed notably harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 69 Tracks
01
Do You Remember?
1:57
02
Sore Eyes
2:20
03
Can’t See You Anymore
3:50
04
Picture of You
2:00
05
The Truth Hurts
3:47
06
Do the Bee
2:42
07
Nuclear Nightmare
3:25
08
All I’ve Got to Lose Is You
2:32
09
Chinese Rocks
2:05
10
Uncle Ron
2:47
11
Data Control
6:48
12
Insects Rule the World
1:54
13
You’re Too Obtuse
1:52
14
Outside
2:57
15
Sexual Economics
2:16
16
What Went Wrong
2:14
17
Statues
4:25
18
Amusement
4:55
19
Writer’s Cramp
2:26
20
Let’s Go Die
1:53
21
Walk With the Wounded
2:56
22
Industrial Grocery Store
2:19
23
Drug Party
4:23
24
Call on Me
3:14
25
Termination
5:01
26
I’m Tired of Doing Things
1:27
27
Stick It to Me
3:37
28
Wheels
4:19
29
All Tensed Up
2:01
30
Don’t Try to Call
1:27
31
I’m Not Interested
1:31
32
Guns at My School
0:55
33
Push the Button
1:48
34
Gilligan’s Island
1:15
35
MTC
1:41
36
Don’t Have a Life
1:53
37
You’re Naive
0:48
38
Strange Week
1:02
39
Big Sky
0:55
40
Ultracore
0:48
41
Let’s Go Die
1:52
42
Won’t Say a Word
2:08
43
Don’t Try It
2:04
44
Private Hell
2:56
45
Diane
4:05
46
Sex Dolls
1:31
47
In a Free Land
2:54
48
What Do I Want?
1:16
49
M.I.C.
1:07
50
Target
1:50
51
Signals From Above
1:40
52
From the Gut
1:41
53
Blah, Blah, Blah
2:11
54
Punch Drunk
0:32
55
Bricklayer
0:34
56
Afraid of Being Wrong
1:23
57
Sunshine Superman
1:51
58
Signals From Above
1:39
59
Everything Falls Apart
2:12
60
Wheels
2:09
61
Target
1:44
62
Obnoxious
0:54
63
Gravity
2:38
64
Do You Remember?
1:21
65
Travel in Opposite Car
1:59
66
It's Not Funny Anymore
2:12
67
Real World
2:35
68
Out on a Limb
2:57
69
It's Not Fair
6:19
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the amateurish Northern Lights Sessions to the sudden, sharp clarity of the Statues studio recordings.
The sheer velocity of the alternate Land Speed Record tracks where the drums seem to be physically pushing the guitars faster.
Hearing the early, unpolished pop sensibilities emerge through the distortion on the previously unreleased demos.
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