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The lead single and opening track of There Near, shared on June 30, 2026: fuzzy guitars and a sunny sound from a band recording at home in Amherst again, J Mascis playing through a 1970s Mesa Boogie amp like the one used on their first album. Video directed, shot and edited by Guy Kozak.
Dinosaur Jr.: J Mascis, Lou Barlow, Murph. Recorded in short bursts over a year at Bisquiteen Studio, Amherst, Massachusetts, with Ken Mauri on piano and organ. From There Near, the thirteenth Dinosaur Jr. album and the first since Sweep It Into Space (2021), Jagjaguwar, August 28, 2026. Sources: Jagjaguwar, Consequence. Photograph: Leaving the campus for drill. Amherst College Unit, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1917–18, photographer unknown. U.S. National Archives, College Park (NAID 26431212).
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- NMU 260630 B
- artist
- Dinosaur Jr.
- title
- Several Got Away
- video
- Guy Kozak
- from
- There Near (2026)
- band
- J Mascis, Lou Barlow, Murph
- label
- Jagjaguwar
- photograph
- Amherst College Unit leaving the campus for drill, 1917–18. National Archives.
- filed
- June 30, 2026
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