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- Summary: The latest full-length solo studio release from Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis features contributions from The B-52s' Ken Mauri and Matthew "Doc" Dunn.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Feb 5, 2024As usual, the words he drawls are blankly impenetrable – the gorgeous I Can’t Find You could be about friendships, a relationship or his car keys. Still, this is a wonderfully agreeable album and, if you miss the roar, there should be more Dinosaur Jr in a year or two.
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UncutJan 30, 2024The result is Mascis's most fully formed and direct solo set to date. [Feb 2024, p.31]
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Jan 31, 2024While it’s unmistakably a Mascis solo album, What Do We Do Now just stands apart from anything he’s done to date.
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Jan 31, 2024While hardly reinventing the wheel with ‘What Do We Do Now,’ J has yet again delivered a set of songs that only an enigma like he could.
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Feb 5, 2024On a record full of sprawling, guitar solos, textural acoustics and steady drums, J Mascis's plaintive howl of a vocal tops off everything, adding one more layer of poignancy. [Mar 2024, p.81]
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Record CollectorJun 10, 2024The rhythm guitars remain acoustic and there are country-style embellishments from piano and pedal-steel players. The overall impression, though, is that the circles in the Venn diagram of Mascis' solo and Dino works are overlapping more than ever. [Feb 2024, p.101]
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Jan 31, 2024Fans will hear echoes of his best work, but for most this is a stale, uninspired outing for the legendary figure.