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8.5
24290
8.5 |
FasterLouder
These songs may be more exposed and at times fragile but they carry themselves just as majestically as anything in Mascis’ back catalogue
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8.0
23495
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
It doesn’t force you to listen to it through bombastic tricks; you want to listen to it because it’s an assured piece of work from an artist who’s doing some of his best work right now
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8.0
24507
8.0 |
No Ripcord
Plaintive and embryonic
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8.0
24695
8.0 |
DIY
An album that is as stunning as anything he's released over the course of his nearly 30 years
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8.0
25017
8.0 |
State
Those with a library-full of the best folk / Americana records of the last 10 years have another addition that ever-expanding genre
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8.0
24016
8.0 |
Mojo
As impactful as anything he's done. Print edition only
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8.0
22748
8.0 |
Uncut
A rather nifty set of bruised acoustic powerpop. Print edition only
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8.0
22743
8.0 |
The Skinny
It may have been 30 years in the making, but it's an album that could dovetail into any point in Mascis's timeless pipeline
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8.0
23475
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
This record is a welcome addition to the long-haired monosyllabic troubadour’s more than impressive back catalogue
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7.9
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7.9 |
Pitchfork
These are lullabies for adults, offered up with a compassion that doesn't come easy
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7.7
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7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
Adds an unexpected vibrancy to even the more dreary settings
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7.0
23420
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
There’s a great deal of riches to be found here in Mascis’s latest left turn
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7.0
23351
7.0 |
PopMatters
He approaches these quiet sounds with the same precision and energy with which he delivers the crushing volume of his rock songs
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7.0
23362
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s great to hear Mascis willing to let his songs just be for once
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7.0
23370
7.0 |
musicOMH
Long-term Dino fans will hope that Several Shades Of Why isn't the start of a permanent solo career. But Mascis followers will find plenty to enjoy here.
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7.0
23265
7.0 |
BBC
Drifts by like the caress of a summer breeze, and when the sun finally comes out, you could do a lot worse than finding a park and letting it roll over you
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7.0
22838
7.0 |
Spin
A set of gentle acoustic ditties
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7.0
23676
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Just when Mascis seems like he might be getting into a rut or regurgitating the familiar, he comes from the left and surprises, making everything new again
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6.7
23394
6.7 |
A.V. Club
A mellow Mascis is like a sports car stuck in a school zone: The chassis still looks good, but we don’t get to see what it can really do
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6.0
23438
6.0 |
AU Review
If he keeps producing work of this quality, he might just find himself as beloved as he was during Dinosar Jr’s heyday
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6.0
23093
6.0 |
NME
Very much business-as-usual, minus the noise
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6.0
23190
6.0 |
Eye Weekly
Mascis can be just as emotionally arresting with a simple, sad-eyed melody as with his fretboard
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6.0
23319
6.0 |
Bowlegs
Has some sparkling moments, all of which emanate from the simplicity of one man and his guitar
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6.0
23329
6.0 |
The Fly
While it’s odd to hear him without a paddy swamp of feedback behind him, ‘Several Shades Of Why’ is ultimately very charming
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6.0
22747
6.0 |
Q
This shouldn't really work, but it does. Print edition only
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6.0
24325
6.0 |
Blurt
A side of this modern rock maven that stands in stark contrast to the feedback-drenched fury of his prehistoric past
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