This #huskerdu album was my premeditated breakup album before I really ever had a girlfriend. Another gem introduced to me by the drummer in my first punk band, this isn't Husker Du's best album but it is my favorite.
We all envision our lives as movies from time to time, I think the detachment can help us cope with difficulty and help us magnify our joys. We all know the really good movies have really great soundtracks. Seasonal songs, love songs, driving songs and yes... breakup songs. This cd contains a batch of great indie boy/girl "don't need you anymore but I'm too depressed to get off the couch" tracks. As a teenager I was developing quickly into a romantic, I fumbled through crushes and botched interest from the fairer gender while searching for some movie - like romance. I always wanted to be one of those John Cusack roles (while I was actually closer to one of those Anthony Michael Hall characters )
This album was an awesome feeling-sorry-for-myself set up. I languished alongside the band even if I had to live vicariously through their music.
Skip the first caustic track "crystal" on your first listen. I have always felt this would have made a better cathartic album closer.
If you don't include "don't want to know if you're lonely" on your next breakup mix I will eat my hat.
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