This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Alongside Bob Mould and Greg Norton, drummer Grant Hart pioneered American post-punk in Minneapolis powerhouse trio Hüsker Dü.
Since they imploded amid drug abuse and acrimony in ’87, however, Hart has seemed lost, content to drift along in a narcotic haze and issue the occasional half-baked disc. But just when I was ready to write him off, he’s back with Good News For Modern Man, a potent work that lives up to its title — and to Hart’s potential. Don’t expect the naked aggression of New Day Rising; Hart’s inspiration here comes not from the ’80s but the ’60s. It’s there in the layered Beach Boys harmonies and surf guitars that wash all over Think it Over Now; in the Tex-Mex Farfisa frat-rock that drives In A Cold House; in the swirly Animals blues-waltz of Seka Knows. It’s no Zen Arcade, but at least there’s finally a new day rising for one of rock’s unsung heroes.
