Phil Mongredien 

Dinosaur Jr: I Bet on Sky – review

Dinosaur Jr's third post-reunion album shows there's plenty of life in them yet, writes Phil Mongredien
  
  


Since re-forming in 2005, Dinosaur Jr have sensibly quit the public bickering and made records that augment rather than detract from their canon, edging ever closer to the sound of Neil Young's Crazy Horse output as they slow down. Their third post-reunion album is another assured collection, with J Mascis's dazzling guitar work as ever taking centre stage, his croaked vocals, meanwhile, suggesting that here is a man who is not au fait with the cosmetic powers of Auto-Tune. Inevitably, there's nothing quite as astonishing as 1988 single Freak Scene here, but Watch the Corners and Pierce the Morning Rain show there's plenty of life in them yet.

 

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