| Elastic Days | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 9, 2018 | |||
| Studio | Bisquiteen Studio | |||
| Length | 41:00 | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Producer | J Mascis | |||
| J Mascis chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Elastic Days | ||||
Elastic Days is the third solo studio album by Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis. It was released through Sub Pop Records on November 9, 2018. [4] [5] [6]
On August 21, 2018, Mascis announced the release of his new album, along with the first single "See You at the Movies". [1] The second single "Everything She Said" was released on September 18, 2018. [7] [2] The third single "Web So Dense" was released on October 16, 2018. [3]
The album was recorded at Mascis' Bisquiteen Studio in Amherst, Massachusetts, and features vocal contributions by Pall Jenkins, Mark Mulcahy and Zoë Randell. [8]
In support of the album, Mascis went on a North American tour, starting on November 7, 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia and finished on December 15, 2018 in Portland, Maine. [9]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 [10] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| Clash | 8/10 [12] |
| DIY | [13] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10 [14] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 [15] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7.5/10 [16] |
| Loud and Quiet | 6/10 [17] |
| MusicOMH |  [18] |
| Paste | 8.3/10 [19] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10 [20] |
Elastic Days was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 17 reviews. [10] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 21 reviews. [21]
Mark Deming from AllMusic explained that Mascis' vocals on the album sound "more lucid, better focused and more conscious of what he has to say; the performances have a depth of feeling he doesn't always reveal in Dinosaur Jr.." [11]
All tracks are written by J Mascis
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "See You at the Movies" | 3:22 |
| 2. | "Web So Dense" | 3:36 |
| 3. | "I Went Dust" | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Sky Is All We Had" | 3:06 |
| 5. | "Picking Out the Seeds" | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Give It Off" | 2:50 |
| 7. | "Drop Me" | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Cut Stranger" | 3:24 |
| 9. | "Elastic Days" | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Sometimes" | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Wanted You Around" | 3:30 |
| 12. | "Everything She Said" | 3:30 |
| Total length: | 41:00 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Say It On" | 3:43 |
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] | 78 |
| US Billboard 200 [24] | 63 |
| US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [25] | 63 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [26] | 11 |
| US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [27] | 10 |
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