I hope that’s going to come out at the end of the year. Nothing was going on so I… Yeah, I was trying to write some songs for a solo album and then I finished an instrumental album, another Heavy Blanket album. Yeah, I was definitely more in tour mode having finished an album at the beginning of the pandemic, so I did come around and start to try and work on some other stuff for a while. It was probably fair to say not many people had a good time over the last year, so you’re probably not alone there.Īre you the sort of person to use down time like that to work on new music, or given that you had a new album on the way, are you the sort to leave it until it was out in the world? Let’s start with the standard question: how you dealt with the events of 2020? Did you manage to get through it all safely? To celebrate the record’s release, frontman J Mascis spoke to Rolling Stone about its creation, its arrival, and their slow return to touring. A masterful showcase of what made them alt-rock icons of the 20th and 21st centuries, it’s vintage Dinosaur Jr., with an undeniable modern sheen. have officially unleashed their new record, Sweep it Into Space. Now, more than a year on from when it was first completed, Dinosaur Jr.
With a bit of time on their hands, and an inability to tour, the record sat unheard in the band’s hands for a full year, with a burning desire for it to be out in the world growing ever-stronger.
However, by the time 2020 rolled around, it became clear that the record’s arrival wouldn’t quite go as planned.
Having recorded the album in late 2019, recruiting Kurt Vile as an extra musician and co-producer, the record’s creation seemed to begin relatively normal, with it seeming like business as usual for the iconic trio of J Mascis (vocals, guitars), Lou Barlow (bass, vocals), and Murph (percussion). However, any hopes for a ‘perfect world’ situation were swiftly halted due to the advent of a global pandemic. Their 12th album (and fifth since their mid-’00s reactivation), it was originally set to arrive in the middle of 2020. would have likely already wrapped up touring for their latest album, Sweep it Into Space.
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