He took the bomb. From W.B. E. E. Z. Chicago and PRX, this is sound opinions. I'm Greg Kott.

And I'm Jim De Regattis. It's common for artists to shout out other musicians they admire, but how about

name dropping some prominent literary figures?

From Hemingway to Plath, Metallica to Bobby Womack, we'll explore literature's influence on music.

Plus, we'll review the latest from Bob Mold and indie artist Sneaks.

That's all coming up to sound opinions. I'm Greg Cod here with my partner Jim Deregadas and this week we're going to explore literature's influence on music by sharing some of our favorite songs that pay tribute to books and authors. We're kind of authors of books Greg so why not true that's you in the sunshine

home of rocks.

I feel like the blue winds

and in my field I go the top down falling. That is a title track from Bob Mold's 13th solo album, Sunshine Rock.

Bob Mold's been around for quite a while, Jim.

He's one of our icons from the 80s,

Hoosker-Doo, one of the most influential bands of that decade,

later on formed Sugar, has had 13 solo albums.

This is his 13th solo album.

Wow.

Quite a prolific artist.

I would say a new era of Bob Molde music began in 2012 with the album Silver Age. That's when he got into a power

trio with the drummer John Worcester from Superchunk. The Great Bassist Jason

Narducey came together with Bob to record the Silver Age record in 2012 followed by

Beauty in Ruin in 2014 and Patch the Sky in 2016.

In many ways sort of revived Bob Mold's career. Now we have Sunshine Rock which continues

the collaboration with Narduci and Worcester. We're going to review the album in a

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