Elastic Days

Elastic Days is the third solo studio album by Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis. It was released through Sub Pop Records on November 9, 2018.^[4][5][6]

Elastic Days
Studio album by J Mascis
Released	November 9, 2018 (2018-11-09)
Studio	Bisquiteen Studio
Length	41:00
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	J Mascis
J Mascis chronology
Tied to a Star (2014) Elastic Days (2018) What Do We Do Now (2024)
Singles from Elastic Days
"See You at the Movies" Released: August 21, 2018[1] "Everything She Said" Released: September 18, 2018[2] "Web So Dense" Released: October 16, 2018[3]

Release

On August 21, 2018, Mascis announced the release of his new album, along with the first single "See You at the Movies".^[1] The second single "Everything She Said" was released on September 18, 2018.^[7][2] The third single "Web So Dense" was released on October 16, 2018.^[3]

Production

The album was recorded at Mascis' Bisquiteen Studio in Amherst, Massachusetts, and features vocal contributions by Pall Jenkins, Mark Mulcahy and Zoë Randell.^[8]

Tour

In support of the album, Mascis went on a North American tour, starting on November 7, 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia and finished on December 15, 2018 in Portland, Maine.^[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
Clash	8/10[12]
DIY	[13]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[14]
Exclaim!	8/10[15]
The Line of Best Fit	7.5/10[16]
Loud and Quiet	6/10[17]
MusicOMH	[18]
Paste	8.3/10[19]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[20]

Elastic Days was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 17 reviews.^[10] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 21 reviews.^[21]

Mark Deming from AllMusic explained that Mascis' vocals on the album sound "more lucid, better focused and more conscious of what he has to say; the performances have a depth of feeling he doesn't always reveal in Dinosaur Jr.."^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"See You at the Movies"	3:22
2.	"Web So Dense"	3:36
3.	"I Went Dust"	3:48
4.	"Sky Is All We Had"	3:06
5.	"Picking Out the Seeds"	3:26
6.	"Give It Off"	2:50
7.	"Drop Me"	3:50
8.	"Cut Stranger"	3:24
9.	"Elastic Days"	3:32
10.	"Sometimes"	3:34
11.	"Wanted You Around"	3:30
12.	"Everything She Said"	3:30
Total length:		41:00

All tracks are written by J Mascis.

Japan deluxe version^[22]

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Say It On"	3:43

Personnel

Musicians J Mascis – vocals, guitar, drums Ken Maiuri – piano on tracks 1 to 5, 7, 8, 10 Mark Mulcahy – guest vocals Zoë Randell – guest vocals Pete Snake – guest vocals Pall Jenkins – guest vocals

Production John Agnello– mixer Steve Hassett – engineer Greg Calbi – mastering

Charts

Chart performance for Elastic Days

Chart (2018)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23]	78
US Billboard 200[24]	63
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[25]	63
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[26]	11
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[27]	10