Dinosaur Jr’s
sixth album released in 1994 opens with the sound of a cork being pulled out of
a bottle before opening track Feel The Pain starts. In common with much of the rest of the
material, J Mascis is in laid-back mode, this track drifts along nicely till
the chorus, where all of a sudden it’s as if somebody lit a match under it and
the track bursts into life.
As much as any
of their other albums, this one is about Mascis and his guitar(s). He is in wistful, dewy-eyed form, I Don’t
Think So has the warm, fuzzy glow of the Lemonheads, while the acoustic Outta
Hand is practically horizontal.
Elsewhere,
Yeah Right and Get Out Of This are like prime slices of 70s riffing, while Grab
It is the heaviest thing here, all squalling guitars. The album is really like pop music played by
heavy guitars (especially On The Brink), tracks like Even You and Mind Slow accompany
Mascis’ croak with a pleasing early 90s attitude.
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