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Hearing Sugar back in the game literally gives me chills. This was the one band that was the biggest game-changer for me as a young adult discovering music that existed outside the mainstream. I was a heavy metal and classic rock kid in the '80s and was never really hip to much of anything beyond the FM dial. There were certainly some other bands that helped to open the gateway for me to indie/alternative rock, but Sugar was the band that busted it wide open and got me asking, "Where has this music been all my life?" I can still remember traipsing to the record store to buy Beaster and File Under: Easy Listening the day they came out. Copper Blue remains an all-time top ten '90s album for me, and of course Sugar sent me down the rabbit hole to Husker Du and then to all the melodic/poppy punk rock that has been the love of my musical life. When Sugar suddenly re-appeared on the scene last year with its first new song in 30 years, it was like reuniting with an old friend. And as good as "House of Dead Memories" was, new single "Long Live Love" is even better. I always enjoy Bob Mould the most when he's embracing the fine art of writing great pop songs. And "Long Live Love," which he actually wrote in 2007, is the very definition of a great pop song. It conjures all those '90s alt-rock feels without sounding like an exercise in nostalgia. It immediately sounds like Sugar, and that can only be a good thing. How unmistakable are those guitars and drums? Both new singles will be released as a 7" record later this year, and you can pre-order it here! Sugar is back, and the world is better for it!
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