Good old Dinosaur Jr. Always an enigmatic, slightly confusing band. They made a string of influential, downright brilliant albums in the mid to late 1980s, based on the staple element of heavily distorted riffs, melodic yet slightly slack guitar solos, and melodic yet extremely slack vocals coutesy of J Mascis. Yet live, they were responsible for the single suckiest gig that Flashlight has ever attended that wasn't Morcheeba...two hours of feedback, no discernible tunes...truly awful. It's good to know that the reformed Dinosaur Jr have lost none of that ability to perplex, for 'I Want You to Know', the first taster from their upcoming fifth LP Farm, is a strange beast indeed. It retains all the trademark alternative American rockisms that people have come to expect, yet is strangely reminiscent of 'Chelsea Girl'-era Ride covering Telling Stories-era Charlatans. They've still got it.

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