Dinosaur

Rock · 1985 · 8 tracks · 36m

Dinosaur

A murky, high-contrast debut where folk-inflected melodies are buried under layers of basement-recorded fuzz and deadpan vocals. The blueprint for 90s alternative.

It sounds like a classic rock record that was buried in a backyard for twenty years and then played through a broken amp.

A restless and murky blend of suburban boredom and explosive, distorted creativity.

Dinosaur · vs · Dinosaur Jr.

Lo Fi+2.7σ

The production is built around lo fi than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 36m

01

Forget the Swan

5:13

02

Cats in a Bowl

3:36

03

The Leper

4:05

04

Does It Float

3:19

05

Pointless

2:46

08

Severed Lips

4:03

09

Mountain Man

3:29

10

Quest

4:26

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden transition from the eerie, acoustic-led intro of Forget the Swan into a wall of distorted sludge

The frantic, almost hardcore-punk velocity of Does It Float that collapses into a feedback-drenched coda

The surprisingly delicate and melodic guitar work on Severed Lips that hints at the band's future pop sensibilities

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