Charbonneau / Amato Synth Works Vol.2 4/21/23 Dinosaur Jr

Dinosaur Jr

was cooked up in a van rolling heavy on the highway

a new collection has appeared roughly at the rate of one every three years -- but the band's 50th anniversary does provide the opportunity for a splashy new compilation

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and oddly textured psych-rock

Charbonneau / Amato Synth Works Vol.2 4/21/23 Dinosaur JrMontreal duo Mathieu Charbonneau (Avec Pas d'Casque, Timber Timbre) and Pietro Amato (Bell Orchestre, The Luyas) put melody and mood front and centre on this second volume of luxuriant, immersive synth music. Like a humanist balm amidst the ongoing wave of conceptronica, the pieces that comprise Synth Works Vol 2 were captured organically, live off the floor, on the eve of the pandemic. Recalling elements of 70s kosmische and environmental musics, the