Hand It Over

Hand It Over

• I Dont Think
• Never Bought It
• Nothin's Goin On
• I'm Insane
• Can't We Move This

Limited 180 gram vinyl LP repressing. Originally released in March 1997, HAND IT OVER is a brilliant, complex, diverse and fitting end to the Dinosaur Jr. major label era. Bouncing back from the more measured WITHOUT A SOUND, J Mascis turns in his most eclectic album since GREEN MIND with HAND IT OVER. Dinosaur's bedrock sound still hasn't changed - it's still a sprawling, electric mess of Hard Rock filtered through Folk-Rock song structures - but Mascis plays with the arrangements, adding strings, trumpets, and on a handful of tracks, My Bloody Valentine's slippery guitar orchestrations and vocals (Kevin Shields and Bilinda Butcher both sing on the album). These addition make the music sound fresh, but they would only be window dressing if Mascis' songs weren't as strong as they are.