Personnel includes: J. Mascis, Kevin Shields, Robert Pollard. By the time of MORE LIGHT's release, indie-rock pioneer J. Mascis had already done everything from crafting a gentle, '60s-style pop song for a movie ("Take a Run at the Sun" from GRACE OF MY HEART) to collaborating with misanthropic shock-rocker G. G. Allin (on HATED IN THE NATION). The Dinosaur, Jr. founder does nothing so sneakily subversive as that on this album. Mostly he just turns the guitar up to 11 and blasts out trademark slacker anthems like "Where'd You Go" or "I'm Not Fine," or an occasional change of pace like the rather sweetly pop-flavored, keyboard-driven "Waistin,' " but he certainly sounds like he's having fun in the process.

It was time for J. Mascis to move on from his Dinosaur Jr. days. He may never leave the comfortKle environs of his home studio in Amherst, Massachusetts, but at least he can import folks like My Bloody Valentine s Kevin Shields to add sonic deviation. He ll always sing in that anguished whine that suggests someone is twisting his arm behind his back (or sometimes he ll sound surprisingly like Alice Cooper). As long as he keeps the guitars choogling with his trademark hyperdistorted tone, he ll be OK. Same Day employs this strategy with the expected results. Where d You Go and Back Before You Go have a Southern rock vibe running through them. Even more revealing, however, are the moodier pieces in which the arrangements head into psychedelic territory ( Waistin, Ground Me to You ) with swirling keyboards and subtler guitar moves. An old dog may not learn new tricks, but he can add some nice twists to the old ones. --Rob O Con SKU:ADIB00004Z44Q

It was time for J. Mascis to move on from his Dinosaur Jr. days. He may never leave the comfortKle environs of his home studio in Amherst, Massachusetts, but at least he can import folks like My Bloody Valentine s Kevin Shields to add sonic deviation. He ll always sing in that anguished whine that suggests someone is twisting his arm behind his back (or sometimes he ll sound surprisingly like Alice Cooper). As long as he keeps the guitars choogling with his trademark hyperdistorted tone, he ll be OK. Same Day employs this strategy with the expected results. Where d You Go and Back Before You Go have a Southern rock vibe running through them. Even more revealing, however, are the moodier pieces in which the arrangements head into psychedelic territory ( Waistin, Ground Me to You ) with swirling keyboards and subtler guitar moves. An old dog may not learn new tricks, but he can add some nice twists to the old ones. --Rob O Connor SKU:ADIB00004Z44Q