Dinosaur Jr. Unveil New Album Sweep It Into Space Chris Cudby / Friday 23rd April, 2021 12:32PM
I stumbled across a vintage 90s skate video soundtracked to
Dinosaur Jr. online the other day and was surprised at how well that combo worked, with
J Mascis angsty lyrics and heroic guitar-wailing feeling like fuel for gravity-defying halfpipe tricks. The O.G. Dinosaur Jr. team of Mascis,
Lou Barlow and
Sweep It Into Space, co-produced in collaboration with Philadelphia icon
Kurt Vile, who also plays twelve string guitar on the record. Sounds like Vile has lit a fire in the belly of the veteran US rock gods, as the grungy goodness of I Met the Stones and Hide Another Round recalls their roots in noisy hardcore punk, while Vile s presence is felt in country-toned lead single I Ran Away . Barlow puts his own Sebadoh spin on things too, jumping in on lead vocals for a couple of tunes, but the end result is definitely Dinosaur Jr. at their most inimitable.