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Dinosaur JRmaestro J MASCIS (born Joseph Donald Mascis Jr. 57 years ago in Massachusetts) has his 5th solo LP, baptized WHAT DO WE DO NOW out today.
Mascis: “When I’m writing for the band. I’m always trying to think of doing things Lou and Murph would fit into. For myself, I’m thinking more about what I can do with just an acoustic guitar, even for the leads. Of course, this time, I added full drums and electric leads, although the rhythm parts are still all acoustic. Usually, I try to do the solo stuff more simply so I can play it by myself, but I really wanted to add the drums. Once that started, everything else just fell into place. So it ended up sounding a lot more like a band record. I dunno why I did that exactly, but it’s just what happened.”
Album artwork
Pitchfork: “The album’s light touch and content disposition make it
a very easy listen, especially when Mascis leans into tenderness. “
TUTV: Picture this. J Mascis disappears with his acoustic guitar somewhere in a cabin
in the woods for a couple of weeks and returns with 10 sing/whistle/hum along tunes.
He takes them to the studio and get them dressed-up with characteristic moody Mascis electricity. I guess he feels great without band pressure/expectations, as he sounds exactly like that. At ease, reflecting on the past and wondering what’s ahead of him. He’s one of a slacker kind
Singles/clips:Can’t Believe We’re Here / Set Me Down / Right Behind You
It’s a brutalist slab of heavily effected droning guitar and bass,
corrosive blasts of feedback and gut-wrenching vocals centred
around the persistence of grief over time.
Deafening sledgehammer.
Screamo disorder.
NIN on acid.
The blues-rock duo still looks like accountants but with this terrifically
infectious and surprising chant they come up with one of their best
singles ever.
GDLV: “Northern Lights” is a song that plays with emotions, touching peaks in every direction, transforming for example the concept of solitude, presenting it not as a negative element, but as a companion on the journey toward awareness of one’s condition within the complex design of life. A moment of redemption that explodes in the serenity that comes through a deep and necessary catharsis in the human experience.”
Following the powerfully groovin’ lead-single Off My Chest this 2nd piece
off the album is more laid-back, meditative and emotive until the electrical finale.
Mascis: “When I’m writing for the band. I’m always trying to think of doing things Lou and Murph would fit into. For myself, I’m thinking more about what I can do with just an acoustic guitar, even for the leads. Of course, this time, I added full drums and electric leads, although the rhythm parts are still all acoustic. Usually, I try to do the solo stuff more simply so I can play it by myself, but I really wanted to add the drums. Once that started, everything else just fell into place. So it ended up sounding a lot more like a band record. I dunno why I did that exactly, but it’s just what happened.”
Mascis: “When I’m writing for the band. I’m always trying to think of doing things Lou and Murph would fit into. For myself, I’m thinking more about what I can do with just an acoustic guitar, even for the leads. Of course, this time, I added full drums and electric leads, although the rhythm parts are still all acoustic. Usually, I try to do the solo stuff more simply so I can play it by myself, but I really wanted to add the drums. Once that started, everything else just fell into place. So it ended up sounding a lot more like a band record. I dunno why I did that exactly, but it’s just what happened.”
Following first single Can’t Believe We’re Here the dinosaur shared
a second track off the album today. It’s named SET ME DOWN. Within
5 seconds you know it’s Mascis. He wants to be driven crazy.
Last week slacker heroes DINOSAUR JR. fronted by legend J MASCIS started
a seven-night residency at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn to celebrate
the 30th anniversary of their landmark album Where You Been.
Every night they invite guests to the stage. So far Hamilton Leithauser, Isaac
Brock, Kurt Vile, Warren Haynes, Lee Ranaldo, and Kevin Corrigan passed by.
Last night Kim Deal, probably the coolest of all invitees, joined the dinos
for 3 songs. Pixies’ Gigantic, The Breeders’ Divine Hammer, and DJr’s cracker Tarpit.
Thanks to fan CowboyKidd you can watch footage from this awesome live collaboration.
Mascis: “When I’m writing for the band. I’m always trying to think of doing things Lou and Murph would fit into. For myself, I’m thinking more about what I can do with just an acoustic guitar, even for the leads. Of course, this time, I added full drums and electric leads, although the rhythm parts are still all acoustic. Usually, I try to do the solo stuff more simply so I can play it by myself, but I really wanted to add the drums. Once that started, everything else just fell into place. So it ended up sounding a lot more like a band record. I dunno why I did that exactly, but it’s just what happened.”
After J MASCIS was captured singing DON’T DO ME LIKE THAT, a top track
from the late, great TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS that appeared
on their 1979 album Damn The Torpedoes in a mostly empty Massachusetts
karaoke bar last summer he has now recorded the song officially. Check here…
Here’s the less impressive, yet lively karaoke version…
