Dinosaur Jr. - "Beyond"J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph back together again ... so is this in my top 10 for nostalgic reasons? No chance! It may be almost 20 years since the original line recorded "Bug" but "Beyond" probably eclipses all previous work by the band.
Kicking off with "Almost Ready" and keeping the pace up through "Crumble" and "Pick Me Up", its clear that this is going to be good ... the play out on "Pick Me Up" will make you want to pick up any guitar shaped object and stand in front of a mirror pulling those grunge faces ..... just me then ????!!!!!!
Things don't lighten up til "Were Not Alone" and then chill out totally on "I Got Lost".
"Lightening Bulb" picks things back up again and the closer "What If I Knew" just makes you want to listen to the whole thing again.
"Beyond" revisits grunge in an intelligent and contemporary way ... the world needs another J. Mascis ... any signs ????
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