Dinosaur Jr GIVE A GLIMPSE OF WHAT YER NOT 10/16/2020

Dinosaur Jr GIVE A GLIMPSE OF WHAT YER NOT 10/16/2020Arriving four years after 2012's I Bet on Sky the longest stretch of time between albums since Dinosaur Jr. became an active band again in 2007 Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not doesn't offer any surface surprises, at least not along the lines of the roaring reunion of 2007's Beyond, or the keyboard colorings of I Bet on Sky. That's not to say Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not doesn't surprise, because it does namely, it shocks by sounding as vital as

but the group wound up taking a forced hiatus once leader Billie Joe Armstrong entered rehab in the middle of the triple-album rollout

Consequence

For fans of the "old" Cage

Recorded at Battery Studios

he rails at the moribund state of youth culture and his place in it

and instrumentals

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Beenie Siegel

On these 2000 performances

Almost every track is densely packed with quotables delivered in approaches that shift from easygoing elegance to hard-fought

Loud is relatively lighthearted and geared for dancefloors

The latter is equally effective