Since the late '80s, Mudhoney - the Seattle-based foursome whose muck-crusted version of rock, shot through with caustic wit and battened down by a ferocious low end - has been a high-pH tonic against the ludicrous and the insipid. Thirty years later, the world is experiencing a particularly high-water moment for both those ideals. But just in time, vocalist Mark Arm, guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison, and drummer Dan Peters are back with Digital Garbage, a barbed-wire-trimmed collection of sonic brickbats. Arm's raw yawp and his bandmates' long-honed chemistry make Digital Garbage an ideal release valve for the 2018 pressure cooker. "My sense of humor is dark, and these are dark times," says Arm. "I suppose it's only getting darker." ...

"I would've really just loved to write songs about just hanging out on the beach, and going on a nice vacation," says Arm. "But, you know, that probably doesn't make for great rock." Mudhoney, however, know what does make great rock_and the riffs and fury of Digital Garbage will stand the test of time, even if the particulars fade away. "I've tried to keep things somewhat universal, so that this album doesn't just seem like of this time_hopefully some of this stuff will go away," Arm laughs. "You don't want to say in the future, 'Hey, those lyrics are still relevant. Great!'" 

 

TRACKLISTING:  01. NERVE ATTACK 02. PARANOID CORE 03. PLEASE MR. GUNMAN 04. KILL YOURSELF LIVE 05. NIGHT AND FOG 06. 21ST CENTURY PHARISEES 07. HEY NEANDERFUCK 08. PROSPERITY GOSPEL 09. MESSIAH'S LAMENT 10. NEXT MASS EXTINCTION 11. OH YEAH