{"product_id":"digital-garbage","title":"Digital Garbage","description":"Since the late '80s, Mudhoney – the Seattle-based foursome whose\rmuck-crusted version of rock, shot through with caustic wit and\rbattened down by a ferocious low end – has been a high-pH tonic\ragainst the ludicrous and the insipid.\r\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eThirty years later, the world is experiencing a particularly high-water\rmoment for both those ideals. But just in time, vocalist Mark Arm,\rguitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison, and drummer Dan\rPeters are back with \u003ci\u003eDigital Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e, a barbed-wire-trimmed\rcollection of sonic brickbats. Arm's raw yawp and his bandmates'\rlong-honed chemistry make \u003ci\u003eDigital Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e an ideal release valve for\rthe 2018 pressure cooker. “My sense of humor is dark, and these are\rdark times,” says Arm. “I suppose it’s only getting darker.”\r\u003c\/p\u003e\r\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDigital Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e opens with the swaggering “Nerve Attack,” which can\rbe heard as a nod both to modern-life anxiety and the ever-increasing\rthreat of warfare. The album's title comes from the outro of “Kill\rYourself Live,” which segues from a revved-up Arm organ solo into a\rbleak look at the way notoriety goes viral. Arm says: “people really\rseem to find validation in the likes—and then there's Facebook Live,\rwhere people have streamed torture and murder, or, in the case of\rPhilando Castile, getting murdered by a cop. In the course of writing\rthat song, I thought about how, once you put something out there\ronline, you can’t wipe it away. It’s always going to be there—even if\rno one digs it up, it’s still out there floating somewhere.”\r\u003c\/p\u003e\r\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eAppropriately enough, bits of recent news events float through the\rrecord: “Please Mr. Gunman,” on which Arm bellows “We'd rather die\rin church!” over his bandmates' careening charge, was inspired by a\rTV-news bubblehead's response to a 2017 church shooting, while the\rominous refrain that opens the submerged-blues of “Next Mass\rExtinction” calls back to last summer's clashes in Charlottesville.\r\u003c\/p\u003e\r\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eMudhoney's core sound—steadily pounding drums, swamp-thing\rbass, squalling guitar wobble, Arm's hazardous-chemical\rvoice—remains on \u003ci\u003eDigital Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e, which the band recorded with\rlongtime collaborator (and \u003ci\u003eDigital Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e pianist) Johnny Sangster at\rthe Seattle studio Litho. The anti-religiosity shimmy “21st Century\rPharisees” builds its case with Maddison's woozy synths, which Arm\rsays “add a really nice touch to the proceedings.” \u003ci\u003eDigital Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e closes with “Oh Yeah,” a brief celebration of skateboarding, surfing,\rbiking, and the joy provided by these escape valves. “I would’ve really\rjust loved to write songs about just hanging out on the beach, and\rgoing on a nice vacation,” says Arm. “But, you know, that probably\rdoesn’t make for great rock.”\r\u003c\/p\u003e\r\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eMudhoney, however, know what does make great rock—and the riffs\rand fury of \u003ci\u003eDigital Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e will stand the test of time, even if the\rparticulars fade away. “I've tried to keep things somewhat universal,\rso that this album doesn’t just seem like of this time—hopefully some\rof this stuff will go away,“ Arm laughs. “You don’t want to say in the\rfuture, ‘Hey, those lyrics are still relevant. Great!’”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mudhoney","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":56177362764068,"sku":"mfc1788117153844","price":15.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56177362796836,"sku":"vmj1788117153845","price":8.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cassette","offer_id":56177362829604,"sku":"mvu1788117153846","price":7.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":56177362862372,"sku":"biy1788117153847","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/1263\/9268\/files\/digital-garbage_1.jpg?v=1788117158","url":"https:\/\/gowearus.shop\/products\/digital-garbage","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}