‘Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar’. Not something you’d need to say to Dinosaur Jr’s legendarily laconic frontman J Mascis, but a series of albums by Frank Zappa consisting of just guitar solos. 106 minutes of the things.
Now, as a teaser for their upcoming ‘Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not’, out on August 5 through Jagjaguwar, Dinosaur Jr have done something similar, but (thankfully? – Ed) shorter, splicing all of the album’s solos together as ‘Solo Extractions’, which you can listen to below.
You’ll doubtless hear all of these notes, and more, when the band hit the UK in November – their tour dates are:
November
14 Bristol, UK @ Motion
15 Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
17 Glasgow, UK @ ABC1
18 London, UK @ Forum
19 Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
They’ll also be playing on 26th October, at Leeds University Stylus, for the opening party of the Beacons Metro festival.