Elastic Days
2018 studio album by J Mascis
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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]
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| Released | November 9, 2018 | |||
| Studio | Bisquiteen Studio | |||
| Length | 41:00 | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Producer | J Mascis | |||
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Release
Production
The album was recorded at Mascis' Bisquiteen Studio in Amherst, Massachusetts, and features vocal contributions by Pall Jenkins, Mark Mulcahy and Zoë Randell.[8]
Tour
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]
Critical reception
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]
Track listing
All tracks are written by J Mascis.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
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| 13. | "Say It On" | 3:43 |
Personnel
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Charts
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| 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 |