“J Mascis is back with his legendary instrumental psych project Heavy Blanket! Heavy Blanket’s debut LP was a mind blowing showcase of J’s psychedelic guitar work, and the follow up live LP with Earthless’ rhythm section as the backing band was the next step in Heavy Blanket’s journey. Over the years J has been stashing away his heaviest riffs for this project and he finally got the chance to head into the studio, backed once again by the original mysterious Heavy Blanket rhythm section. This time he also brought in his Witch bandmates Dave Sweetapple and Graham Clise for an extra dose of heavy.”
This feels more like a J Mascis guitar jam thing than the Earthless Meets LP, which was a scorcher and tough to improve upon. Much more ‘heavy metal’ with the classic Dinoasur Jr tone. Definitely jammy (almost in a 90’s metal solo kinda style, but longer and almost trippy, but not really) but there’s no comparison to In A Dutch Haze. Worth a listen for fans of J, Dino Jr, Witch or mid-90s college radio…
Standout: String Along