Dinosaur Jr - Farm

After teeny hints of Foo Fighters-isms on 2008's decent 'Beyond', the grizzled grungesters have spooned out a corker - even if it sounds like it was recorded in 1991. A bunch of delicious hooks swamped in thick-cut distortion spiralling all over the place, it cement-mixes sludge, epic guitar and uplifting ciggy-coated vocals into one happy smiley record.

Frontman Jay Mascis has often been touted as a croakier, next-generation Neil Young, and he's pretty much exactly that - only larger round the waist and even twiddlier on the guitar. Fourth track 'Plans' is a track for forgetting the fact your partner hasn't washed her hair for 12-weeks and giving her a big slobbery smooch, anyway. And really, really meaning it. Sweeeeeet!

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