Swag Tuesday

This week's Swag Tuesday prize is the new album from gay rocker Bob Mould. Silver Age goes on sale nationwide on September 4th and is currently being streamed in its entirety by Rolling Stone. Their review:

Alt-rock icon Bob Mould has made his share of confessional albums layered with deeply personal sentiments, but his latest project isn't one of them. "Silver Age is exactly what it appears to be: It's 38 minutes of rock," Mould says of the album, which Rolling Stone premieres exclusively today. "People can feel free to parse the songs and make what they want of them, but I didn't really have any agenda there."

That's not entirely true, but Mould's agenda had less to do with baring his soul than raising his pulse. After dissecting his own life for last year's memoir See a Little Light: A Trail of Rage and Melody, Mould was ready to do something that didn't require sitting still and being introspective. The result is a propulsive album full of bristling songs as catchy as any Mould has written, with no trace of the electronic elements Mould has dabbled in over the years

We have three copies of Silver Age to give away. Enter to win by commenting on this post and please remember to leave an email address in the text of your comment. Entries close this Thursday at midnight. Publicists: If you'd like to take part in Swag Tuesday on JMG, please email me.

RELATED: Mould's tour in support of Silver Age kicks off with a free concert in Brooklyn on September 7th. More tour dates here. Mould will appear on the Late Show With David Letterman next Tuesday, the day of the album's launch.