A collection of devotional songs dedicated to Amma, the living Indian saint Sri Mata Arritanandarrayi Devi, this self-released disc represents the most beautiful and nakedly emotional music J Mascis has ever created. Though favoring acoustic guitars and simple, circular melodies, it's as powerful as anything ever wrought by Dinosaur Jr., with the crucial difference that it soothes the soul instead of warping the brain. While Mascis' quavering voice always articulated the emotional turmoil his splatterpunk lyrics once conspicuously avoided, here he confronts his spiritual conflicts with poignant honesty, contemplating confusion, isolation, and loss in unflinching detail. When he finally plugs in his guitar for the closing "Heavy Metal Ai Girl Nandini," a blistering reinterpretation of a Sanskrit hymn some 1,300 years old, the catharsis is monumental. ~ Jason Ankeny|
Rovi
ダイナソーJrの再結成も記憶に新しいわれらがダルダル王子=J・マスシスの新作は、なんと彼自身が心酔するインドの聖母=アンマに捧げられたアルバムだという。いやいや、もちろんギャグではない。アコースティック・ギターとタブラの上でモゴモゴと祈りを捧げるJ。鼻歌ヴォーカルや泣きメロはお馴染みのJ節ながら、その眼差しはいつになく真摯で穏やかである。こんなJもありなのだ。ギター・ソロもいつもより泣いている。
bounce (C)田中 幹也
タワーレコード(2006年01,02月号掲載 (P92))