Time and experience makes this
songwriter wiser
Produced and mixed by Mould himself,
Life and Times examines Mould’s past, 20 years after
establishing himself as a solo artist, reflecting on his own
accomplishments as well as his regrets. Reminiscing on lost love and
lust, Mould impresses with his songwriting skills. In “Argos,” he
explores his long gone youth with punky guitar riffs that play along
to dirty lyrics (“Lead me to the Sanifair / Reach into my
underwear”). And at the climax of his ninth album is “I’m
Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand in My Light Any More,” a
better-off-without-you pop tune about a relationship gone awry and
the longing and regret thereafter. This bald-headed, bearded rocker
goes back to the basics in Life and Times in a way he hasn't
since 1989’s Workbook, coming full circle.