Description
black double vinyl pressing, 15hth Anniversary Edition
When Dinosaur Jr. reunited, more than 20 years after their
formation and legendary dissolution, the worry was that these
guys were just flogging the back catalog, taking the old show
on the road as a marketing gimmick. But the 2007 release of
Beyond gave a hearty Marshall-driven "F**K YOU!" answer to
those inquiring ears. Restoring the sound established by the
unassailable hat-trick gambit of their first three albums --
Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me, and Bug -- Beyond
continued the band's march into rock greatness by making old
ears smile and new ears bleed afresh.
And then came Farm, the 9th full length record by the original
line-up: J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph. If Beyond was
Dinosaur Jr.'s return to form, Farm is proof that Dinosaur Jr.
could (and still do, to this day!) deliver timeless, exhilarating rock
music. Farm encompasses Dinosaur Jr.'s signature palette:
soaring and distorted guitar, unshakable hooks, honey-rich
melodies. At times wholly 70's guitar-epic, at times perfect for
sitting by a babbling brook with Joni and Neil, these songs get
into your head and stay there, bouncing happily around. The
ear-catching "Plans" is nearly seven minutes of classic
whipped-topping rock dessert, while "I Don't Wanna Go There"
is a meat-and-potatoes main dish, mixing unapologetic lead
guitar with straight-ahead delivery a la James Gang or Humble
Pie.
This expanded deluxe edition of Farm features four songs never
pressed to vinyl and never given worldwide release:“Houses”,
“Whenever You’re Ready” (The Zombies Cover), “Creepies”
(Instrumental), and “Show”. “Whenever You’re Ready”, a cover of
classic pop-rockers The Zombies, is impossibly good for a
hidden gem; Murph stomps in with a sledgehammer to the kit,
J and Lou layer low-end and fuzz like two halves of one brain,
and right when things feel biggest, airy and colossal, there’s J
with a lightning bolt of a guitar solo. Pure electricity and melody
like only he can make. Recorded in J Mascis' Bisquiteen studio in
Amherst, Massachusetts, Farm was produced by Mascis himself,
and delivers the singular, unique energy of one of America's
greatest living rock bands.