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 When the original Dinosaur Jr. lineup reunited a few years back and recorded the album Beyond, guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow, and drummer Murph fell quickly back into step, making music that—strictly on a textural level—felt like it could’ve been released immediately after Bug, 20 years prior. The trio’s new Farm surpasses Beyond, inasmuch as the songs now match the strength of the sound. After the solidly rowdy opening love song “Pieces,” Farm hits an early high on track two, “I Want You To Know,” a noisy country-rocker marked by a staggering guitar riff and drums that pummel away like a rapid exchange of cannon-fire. From there, Farm continues to present Dinosaur Jr. in both destroyer and dreamweaver modes (often within the same song), putting across a Southern-tinged crunch that My Morning Jacket would kill to replicate. Hooky ragers like “Over It” and “Friends” combine murk and sheer force in a way few post-grunge bands have been able to master, while “Said The People” shows how “laidback” and “earsplitting” can coexist. Mascis has recorded plenty of good songs without the backing of Barlow’s rattling minor-key bass or Murph’s tumble of cymbal, kick, and tom. But Mascis’ creaky voice and roaring guitar sound properly mighty in exactly this context—and Farm sounds like the best alt-rock album that 1993 forgot....full text |
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| Pitchfork |
Beyond, the first album to feature the original Dinosaur Jr. lineup since their 1980s heyday, was so surprisingly good it was tempting to call it a fluke. Tempting, but wrong-- two years after its release, it still sounds great, on par with the early, hallowed triumvirate of Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, and Bug. For any cynics still chalking Beyond up to luck, Farm should blast the scales from your jaded eyes. Energetic, confident, and catchy, it's even more compelling than Beyond.
It certainly boasts more stick-in-your-head tunes than Beyond, or virtually any other Dinosaur Jr. album. Who knows why J Mascis writes better songs when Lou Barlow and Murph are around-- maybe there's something to the old cliché of "chemistry," maybe the pair just know how to push his tunes from solid up to stellar. But whatever creates this spark, it's spurred Mascis to pack Farm with riff-heavy slacker classics that rival past gems like "Little Fury Things" and "Freak Scene". Opener "Pieces" is a vintage display of Dinosaur Jr.'s knack for grafting unruly riffage to unabashedly bittersweet choruses. The lumbering "I Want You to Know" follows with chunky chords that sound both heavy and bright. As David Raposa pointed out in his recent track review, the tune is impressively assured, as if Mascis has shed the need to add an apologetic tone to his guitar anthems....full text |
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| Sputnikmusic |
Back when Beyond was released in 2007 it had been twenty-three years since Dinosaur Jr. had first formed. The album wasn't quite as good as some of their earlier recordings of course, but the remarkable thing about it was that it had the same youthful vibe that made You're Living All Over Me and Bug so entertaining to listen to in the first place. Hell, the fact that it was good is even noteworthy; how many reunion albums are actually worth listening to? As if that number isn't small enough, there are even fewer worthy follow up records to said reunion albums. Unsurprisingly, Farm is one of those albums.
The youthful sounding buzz that has carried Dinosaur Jr. thus far is out in full force once again. In a way, Farm is exactly the kind of album we should have expected from J Mascis and co, but that isn't to say that the record is predictable. Farm's penultimate track, "I Don't Wanna Go There" is anything but; a monster of a song, the eight and a half minute "I Don't Wanna Go There" is four minutes of mid-paced Dinosaur Jr. at their best, and a four minute instrumental lead by Mascis' strongest solo on Farm. It probably could have been shortened by a couple minutes and still capture the same themes, but even as Mascis noodles away, the song maintains a lightheartedness that prevents it from sounding too overindulgent....full text |
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