As a founding member and half of the songwriting engine that drove Husker Du to his maverick solo work, Grant Hart has cut a singular path across the last three decades.

The Argument is an epic based on John Milton's Paradise Lost. Hart distills its essence into pop rock nuggets that flit through the history of 20th century music from Cole Porter to Buddy Holly to David Bowie to... even Husker Du. Yes, it's ambitious as hell and yes, he pulls it off.