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Episode 79: Sugar’s “Copper Blue” (1992)

· 1 h 22 min · Episode 79

Episode Episode 79: Sugar’s “Copper Blue” (1992)

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Scott Free and Laurie return with a track-by-track deep dive into NME magazine’s Album of the Year for 1992. “Copper Blue” was the debut album by Sugar, the power-pop trio led by former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould. The conversation traces Mould’s post-Hüsker Dü arc, the band’s formation, and the album’s place in the early ’90s alternative explosion, revealing “Copper Blue” as both brutally loud and meticulously crafted—proof that power pop could hit hard, grow up, and still soar.

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