Savage young Dü

"At this time, Hüsker Dü were not yet the band that would record the touchstone albums Zen Arcade and New Day Rising, but Savage Young Dü leaves no doubt that all the ingredients that made those albums great were there; they simply needed time to ferment. And even if they had collapsed before signing with SST and breaking out of the hardcore underground, these tapes are proof they were among the finest and most original groups to come from that very fertile scene. Even for longtime fans, Savage Young Dü is revelatory, charting a young band's progress as it achieved its potential for greatness".

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"Best New Reissue" - "Comprised of 69 chronologically sorted tracks, most live and 47 previously unreleased, Savage circumvents the nightmarish parsing of rights from SST and Warner Bros. by focusing on raw recordings from the band's formative years in the Twin Cities between 1979 and 1982. Beyond heralding the band's youthful prolificacy with a book including archival photos, a comprehensive band history, and the provenance of every salvaged track, the box set offers a slight revisionist tweak to the band's generally accepted narrative arc as a Very Fast, Very Intense Hardcore Band That Evolved To Slow Down A Little And Write More Nuanced Songs".

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"They formed Hüsker Dü in 1979. And by the time the band broke up in the winter of 1987 they had succeeded in redefining the trajectory of indie rock in America - without ever truly breaking into the mainstream. Their seminal early years are collected here in typically meticulously loving fashion by Chicago's Numero Group, marking its 200th release. And the collection should be as appealing to hardcore fans as it is for adventurous newcomers ... Extensive, charming and compelling - Savage Young Dü is one of the best archival compilations of the year".

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