7.1
Avg Score
5
Opinions
#28,799
All Time
1
Track
“The ever-reliable Dinosaur Jr offer their best post-reunion album yet”
“The latest from the re-reconstituted Dinosaur Jr. proves the equilibrium they discovered on their 2007 comeback Beyond remains intact.”
“Dinosaur Jr were always too introverted to shout about it, but their first three albums – breakthrough single ‘Freak Scene’ especially – turned just as many Brits on to American indie rock as their more famous contemporaries Sonic Youth and Pixies did. After years of acrimony, the original trio of guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph reformed in 2005 to enjoy a career tail that”
“It’s hard to believe J Mascis and his band have been back with us for over a decade. Indeed, the purists out there will point out that the original line-up have now made more albums this side of Y2K than they had before. But how do a trio with almost 150 years on the clock and a fairly narrow sonic toolbox fare on LP number 11? The answer is: not too bad, but not particularly well either. The trie”
