Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond

NEW VINYL LP ON FAT POSSUM 2021

180 GRAM VINYL.

(15th Anniversary Edition) (purple & green LP + white 7″)

Since bassist Lou Barlow left Dinosaur Jr. in 1989, the band--whose last record was 1997's expansive Hand It Over--has largely become an alter-ego moniker for guitarist/vocalist J Mascis. But now the original trio (including drummer Emmett Murph Murphy) has reunited for the first time since Barlow's split, and the 11-song outcome makes one ask: Why did they wait so long? Mascis's thunderous Almost Ready, featuring both his combustible guitar and weary vocals, is the perfect blast-off, allowing Murphy's backbeat to set a turbulent pace early, and while songs like Been There All the Time and the Neil Young accolade This Is All I Came to Do have Mascis as primed as ever, Barlow (whose '90s-era Sebadoh set the bar for lo-fi bands) reappears with two of the record's strongest tracks: the poppy Lightning Bulb and Back to Your Heart, which recalls late-in-the-game Hüsker Dü. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Jr.

Tracklist

1. Almost Ready 
   2. Crumble 
   3. Pick Me Up 
   4. Back To Your Heart 
   5. This Is All I Came To Do 
   6. Been There All The Time 
   7. It's Me 
   8. We're Not Alone 
   9. I Got Lost 
   10. Lightning Bulb 
   11. What If I Knew