Beaster

Beaster is Sugar's 1993 EP. Its songs were recorded at the same time as the band's acclaimed first album, Copper Blue. However, the EP has a much denser, heavier sound, closer in spirit to frontman Bob Mould's earlier band Hüsker Dü than to Copper Blue. "Lyrically it's so unnerving for me to listen to it…" said Mould. "Musically it's harder, it's a little looser. Lyrically, it's a lot wilder than Copper Blue… Copper Blue was such a great pop record that I just saw this as like the evil twin."

For other uses, see Beaster (disambiguation).
Beaster
EP by
Sugar
ReleasedApril 6, 1993
StudioThe Outpost, Stoughton, Massachusetts
GenreAlternative rock
Length30:51
LabelRykodisc, Creation
ProducerBob Mould, Lou Giordano
Sugar chronology
Copper Blue
(1992)		 Beaster
(1993)		 File Under: Easy Listening
(1994)
Singles from Beaster
  1. "Tilted"
    Released: August 9, 1993
  2. "JC Auto"
    Released: 1993

The loosely conceptual work is built around religious imagery, and was even released during Holy Week before Easter in 1993. "I still don't know what it's all about," said Mould after its release. "The Jesus thing everybody picks up on – those are words that are not used lightly. Just the notion of somebody who can do no wrong who eventually gets hung [sic] for doing no wrong. I think that everyone feels like a martyr sometimes."

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