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MORE LIGHT
J Mascis + the Fog
(Ultimatum / Artemis)
If grunge is dead, nobody told J Mascis. Not like he'd care much anyway. The uberslacker singer-guitarist of noise-rock gods Dinosaur Jr. certainly didn't try to fit in during the hair-metal '80s or the alt-rock '90s, when his lo-fi cathedrals of ringing feedback and world-weary croak stuck out like two sore thumbs. Well, those trends are long gone, but J is still around. And still spinning his magnificent guitar-torture epics in exactly the same way -- by cranking the amp to 11, stomping on every distortion box he can get his feet on, and making a most glorious noise. The only difference between More Light and his last half-dozen albums is the quality of these songs. Recorded over the better part of a year with help from Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields, these 11 tunes are Mascis's best tracks since DJ's near-perfect '91 album Green Mind. Same Day, I'm Not Fine and the raging cyclone of the title cut are basement metal-shop masterworks, with squalls of axe abuse, shambling drum-roll rhythms and insidiously addictive choruses, arc welded into a two-headed likeness of Neil Young and Kurt Cobain. Nice to have you back, J.
Track Listing
1.Sameday
02.Waistin
03.Where'd You Go
04.Back Before You Go
05.Ground Me To You
06.Ammaring
07.All The Girls
08.I'm Not Fine
09.Can't I Take This On
10.Does The Kiss Fit
11.More Light