Dinosaur Jr. will release new album, There Near, on August 28th via Jagjaguwar. Ahead of the LP’s release, Dinosaur Jr. have shared a video for “Several Got Away,” director Guy Kozak says, “I wanted to do something a little tongue-in-cheek with a kind of ‘backyard movie’ feel that could fit in nicely with the existing canon of dinosaur jr. music videos. The first bit of inspiration came from a great Henry Darger painting of kids being terrorized by two giant floating hands of fire. Then I got thinking about the rapture and it came together from there. The guys were really game for it all and I was honored that they let me chase them around a big field with my camera like a psycho. We were on a tight schedule with the turnaround so I had to learn a lot of VFX stuff over the course of weekend, but I like the way the effects all turned out.”

The band have also announced a new run fall North American Tour dates, including stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin and more. The band will kick off their previously announced tour with Band of Horses on July 10th in Kingston, NY.

There Near marks the sixth studio album Dinosaur Jr. have recorded in the 20 years since their triumphal rebirth. There have been several live and/or closet cleaning collections to keep us punters sated for the five years since Sweep It Into Space.

The album was written in short, intense bursts over the course of a year at Amherst’s Bisquiteen Studio, There Near was recorded almost entirely by Dino’s core trio—king of the thunder tubs, Murph, human tornado Lou Barlow on bass/vocals and the inimitable J Mascis on guitar/vocals— with a bit of piano and organ work by local master musician, Ken Mauri. And the album roars from start to finish.

Asked about the philosophical opacity of his lyrical approach, J says. “I’m not always sure what a song is ‘about’ when I’m writing it. I guess the meaning will present itself at some point. I’ll use whatever words work. And a lot of it will be influenced by whatever esoteric mumbo jumbo I’m reading at the time. I try not to think too hard about any of it. I think it’s a drag that Spotify shows all the lyrics to a song. What’s the fun of that?.”

Dinosaur Jr.
There Near
Tracklist
Jagjaguwar

1. Several Got Away
2. No Friends
3. Everything At Once
4. Take Me With You
5. Blowin’ Up
6. Gone Off
7. Clam Along
8. Walk Me Back
9. Read The Room
10. Put It Down
11. No One’s Ready

Dinosaur Jr. 2026 Tour Dates

Fri. July 10 – Kingston, NY @ Ulster Performing Arts Center +
Sat. July 11 – New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall +
Sun. July 12 – Hammondsport, NY @ Point of the Bluff Vineyards +
Tue. July 14 – Richmond, VA @ Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden +
Thu. July 16 – Wilmington, NC @ Greenfield Lake Amphitheater +
Fri. July 17 – Asheville, NC @ Hellbender by The Orange Peel +
Sat. July 18 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern +
Mon. July 20 – Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre +
Tue. July 21 – Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Company +
Wed. July 22 – Louisville, KY @ Iroquois Amphitheater +
Fri. July 24 – Lansing, MI @ Grewal Hall
Sat. July 25 – Fishers, IN @ Nickel Plate District Amphitheater +
Sun. July 26 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! +
Tue. July 28 – St. Louis, MO @ The Factory +
Thu. July 30 – Davenport, IA @ Capitol Theatre +
Fri. July 31 – West Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom +
Sat. Aug. 1 – Omaha, NE @ Astro Theater +
Fri. Oct. 9 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Sat. Oct. 10 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre*
Sun. Oct. 11 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up*
Thu. Oct. 15 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues*
Fri. Oct. 16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether*
Sun. Oct. 18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Castro Theatre*
Tue. Oct. 20 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades*
Thu. Oct. 22 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall*
Fri. Oct. 23 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune*
Sat. Oct. 24 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune*
Mon. Oct. 26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Complex*
Thu. Oct. 29 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre*
Fri. Oct. 30 – Fort Collins, CO @ Washington’s*
Mon. Nov. 2 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater*
Wed. Nov. 4 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues*
Thu. Nov. 5 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s*
Fri. Nov. 6 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger*
Sat. Nov. 7 – New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s*

+ co-headline with Band of Horses
* w/ special guest Stef Chura

Pre-order There Near by Dinosaur Jr. HERE