Credits:

Dinosaur Jr.

Description:

Dinosaur Jr. releases *There Near*, their first new album in five years. Aiming for the guitar tones of their early days, this 13th studio album (their sixth since their reunion) is a wall of sound from start to finish. Following their previous album, *Sweep It Into Space*, and after releasing live albums and collections of previously unreleased tracks, they have now perfected their signature sound, packed with new songs that will make your ears tingle. The album was produced intensively over the course of about a year at Bisquiteen Studio in Amherst. The core trioMurph (drums), Lou Barlow (bass/vocals), and J. Mascis (guitar/vocals)played on nearly all the tracks, with local musician Ken Mauri adding piano and organ. Js guitar tone is wilder than ever, thanks in part to a recently acquired 1970s Mesa Boogie MK1 amp. I bought the same amp that Chris Dixon had when we were making our first album