Bob Mould is back, and like always, he’s not holding back an inch. His new album, Here We Go Crazy, is packed with 11 high-voltage blasts of his anthemic, emotionally charged rock. It’s Mould’s first full-length studio effort in over four years, following 2020’s Blue Hearts, and the wait has been well worth it. With tracks like “Here We Go Crazy,” “When Your Heart Is Broken,” and “Breathing Room,” the album finds Mould continuing to fine-tune his mix of melody and muscle, a sound he first created with Hüsker Dü.

Produced at Chicago’s legendary Electrical Audio and finished at Oakland’s Tiny Telephone with longtime engineer Beau Sorenson, the album features the rock-solid rhythm section of drummer Jon Wurster and bassist Jason Narducy. Together, they provide a relentless backbone to Mould’s raw, roaring guitar attack. But for all its power, this record isn’t just about volume. It’s about clarity, precision, and a relentless pursuit of truth… whether we want to hear it or not.

Mould describes Here We Go Crazy as an exercise in duality - control and chaos, hypervigilance and helplessness, uncertainty and unconditional love. And nowhere is that tension more evident than in the song, “Neanderthal.” “It’s a fight-or-flight song,” Mould explains. “A frantic sprint through darkened hallways littered with tension, conflict, and aggression. A claustrophobic maze of distorted mirrors.” It exemplifies an album that never lets up, each track a gut-punch wrapped in Mould’s sharp as a blade lyrical introspection.

The album’s lead single and title track, “Here We Go Crazy,” encapsulates that blend of exhilaration and unease. “Going crazy can mean so many things,” Mould says. “The joy of reckless abandon, the uncertainty of the world’s future, the silence of solitude.” The accompanying music video, directed by Gus Black and shot in the vast, eerie landscapes of the Southern California desert, mirrors that sense of isolation and release.

With Here We Go Crazy, Mould isn’t reinventing himself. He doesn’t need to. This is vintage Bob Mould - furious, melodic, and unfiltered. It’s a masterclass in what alt-rock was, is, and should be.