sparky wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 5:02 pm
I’ve a lot of time for Dinosaur Jr’s “Where You Been”. “Out There” is one of their finest, “Start Choppin’” too, after which the record fades a little, but how could it not? It came up around the time my brother and I started getting seriously into American underground rock bands, and their Manchester stop while touring this album was our first gig as grunge kids, without our dad as company.
(Though I thought the support, Come, were even better.)
The point made above about You're Living...and Bug are salient, but I'm with you on Where You Been. I saw Dino at Lollapalooza that year (along with RATM, Mercury Rev, Fishbone, AIC, Primus, Babes In Toyland...damn), and it really solidified my love for that album. I like it more than Green Mind. I saw them in Minneapolis touring behind Without A Sound, and I agree with you on Come. I think Brand New Vein made me fall in love with Thalia.