Dinosaur Jr.

There Near

Dinosaur Jr. return with There Near, out August 28 via Jagjaguwar. The album follows Sweep It Into Space and marks another chapter in the band’s post-reunion run, built around the original trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph.

The record was created in short, intense bursts over the course of a year at Amherst’s Bisquiteen Studio. It was recorded almost entirely by the core trio, with additional piano and organ from Ken Mauri, and the press announcement frames it as a loud, direct set with the band’s guitars pushed back toward the rawer edge of their early sound.

Lead single “Several Got Away” arrives with a Guy Kozak-directed video, which Kozak described as having a tongue-in-cheek “backyard movie” feel inspired in part by Henry Darger imagery and end-times chaos. The single opens the album’s 11-song tracklist.

Dinosaur Jr. have announced their new album There Near, out August 28 via Jagjaguwar. Alongside the announcement, the Amherst alt-rock lifers have shared the record’s lead single, “Several Got Away,” with an official video directed by Guy Kozak.

There Near marks the sixth studio album Dinosaur Jr. have made since their reunion run began, and follows 2021’s Sweep It Into Space. The new record was created in short, intense bursts over the course of a year at Amherst’s Bisquiteen Studio, with the core trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph joined by Ken Mauri on piano and organ.

Kozak says the “Several Got Away” video was built around a loose, tongue-in-cheek “backyard movie” feel, pulling inspiration from Henry Darger imagery and rapture-level weirdness. It fits the band’s long-running video language: playful, strange, and just a little fried around the edges.

There Near is available to pre-order now. Watch the “Several Got Away” video and stream the single below.

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