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New Dinosaur Jr. Album Will Have "Old School" Sound

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New Dinosaur Jr. Album Will Have "Old School" Sound

Spin definitely gives us an oversimplified picture of Dinosaur Jr.'s legacy by saying they "influenced Nirvana and laid the foundation for the grunge movement," but they do try to offer us a few tidbits of news in here about the forthcoming Dinosaur Jr. album. And who isn't ready to hear more about that?

 

Well, as it turns out, there's not much else to tell. They don’t give us a release date, although it appears they're on track for a summer release via Jagjaguwar. And we don't get a full track list, just a few songs titles like "Because I'm On and On," "You Are Weather" and the two-chord, Barlow-penned "Imagination Blind."

 

The real new piece of info in this "news" is Lou Barlow's claim that the new album is "totally old school." He goes on to say that, "[The album] sounds like our first three."

 

This promise comes part and parcel, however, with Barlow's feeling that there was something wrong with their 2007 reunion album, Beyond. It's not surprising to hear a constant bummer like Barlow complain, but Spin appears to side with him in the piece, lazily calling the album merely a "respectable alt-rock effort."

 

 

Let's forget for a second that Beyond was undeniably excellent, and that alt-rock isn't a real thing. If Barlow is right, and the new album is more urgent than their last one, this thing is going to be downright dangerous to listen to. [Spin]

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SO AWESOME.

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The last album was great, have no idea what Barlow was talking about. Even his songs on the new album were good. God, he's the whiniest member of a fantastic hard rock band ever. It's all J and Murph for me.

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I do love Sebadoh, but listening to Barlow talk about anything is tough. Just play some songs dude...

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Beyond was great. What the hell is he on about?

Andy

Beyond is totally the best Dinosaur Jr. album.

therighthandofnixon

STFU!!!

Lou Barlow

I was always partial to Where You Been

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"Beyond is totally the best Dinosaur Jr. album"?? Yeah it was good...but the best? No. It ranks about sixth.

umascow

Maybe for Lou what was wrong with Beyond was that there weren't enough Lou songs on it. Personally I thought there were too many. I guess letting the bass player have a couple of tracks, even though they aren't much good, is a rock tradition. Entwhistle's My Wife for The Who was an exception, being quite fun, but when you think of the stuff Chris Squire of Yes did, it makes your toes curl with embarrassment.

I don't think you can compare Beyond with the earlier albums. They were made in a different time and place, it's all good.

nick

i was excited when i heard theyre reuniting, and even felt better when they decided to come up w/ their 1st album since they brokeup, w/c was

bob dylan ocampo

you are all idiots

somejerk

The guys entitled to his opinion and to be honest I can see his point. Loved Dinosaur Jr since I was a kid but the last album was just a shadow of who they are/were. The new albums more like a "proper" Dinosaur Jr album.

Matt Keighley

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