J Mascis’s laidback image doesn’t do justice to the Massachusetts musician’s reliably steady output as a songwriter and guitarist. Undeniably an alt-rock treasure since his band Dinosaur Jr was given the full length documentary treatment in 2021, this is his fourth solo album alongside five he has made with the group since they reformed in the mid-2000s.
It’s now 40 years since DinosaurJr began, first reaching major label success in the grunge boom. A young Mascis once turned down a job in Nirvana, and later was a part of the legendary Rollercoaster Tour, hitting the road with The Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and a bottom-of-the-bill Blur.
