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Dinosaur Jr have shared their new video for ‘Knocked Around’ which, we’re sure you’ll agree, is highly magnanimous of them.
The track has been lifted from the ear-shredding and fret-destroying trio’s latest album, Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not, which was released last year. It’s the fourth album since the notoriously fractious trio of singer-guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph kissed, made up and re-grouped in 2007.
Shot in black and white by the band’s longtime friend, the enigmatically named O, the video was filmed during live sets on the band’s recent US tour without their knowledge. Apparently, this approach captured “…the essence of the longtime band’s tour dynamics.”
“This song is one of my favorites from Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not. It is everything amazing about Dinosaur Jr.: soft yet hard with J's awesome sense of vocal melody and a heavy dose of guitar schralping!
“I shot the entire video live while on the most recent US tour, and in slow-mo and black and white to capture the way I see tour life. This is a very hardworking band - Dinosaur Jr. had no idea I was doing this, so what you see is very honest and all live, shot at many venues across the US with different types of cameras.
“’Knocked Around' is my take, and what I get from the song about being far away from family. The beginning of the video is my favorite section, with J's son Rory guitar teching for J onstage. Lou's sock dance/art is pretty rad, also. Thirty years after the start of this great band, they continue to release amazing albums - one right after the other.”
Check it out for yourself here:
