Elastic Days

On August 21, 2018, Mascis announced the release of his new album, along with the first single "See You at the Movies".{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/j-mascis-announces-new-album-elastic-days|title=J Mascis Announces New Album 'Elastic Days'|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=August 21, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}} The second single "Everything She Said" was released on September 18, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/j-mascis-shares-new-solo-cut-everything-she-said|title=J Mascis Shares New Solo Cut 'Everything She Said'|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=September 18, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/j-mascis-new-song-everything-she-said-725699/|title=Hear J Mascis Reminisce, Rip Solos on New Song 'Everything She Said'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=September 18, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904084056/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/j-mascis-new-song-everything-she-said-725699/|url-status=dead}} The third single "Web So Dense" was released on October 16, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/j-mascis-shares-compassionate-ballad-web-so-dense|title=J Mascis shares compassionate ballad 'Web So Dense'|website=The Line of Best Fit|last=Kenneally|first=Cerys|date=October 16, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

The album was recorded at Mascis' Bisquiteen Studio in Amherst, Massachusetts, and features vocal contributions by Pall Jenkins, Mark Mulcahy and Zoë Randell.{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/j_mascis_announces_elastic_days_solo_lp|title=J Mascis Announces Solo LP 'Elastic Days'|website=Exclaim!|last=Slingerland|first=Calum|date=August 21, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-j-mascis-folky-see-you-at-the-movies-from-new-lp-714303/|title=Hear J Mascis' Folky 'See You at the Movies' From New LP|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=August 21, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 75/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/elastic-days/j-mascis|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/elastic-days-mw0003205247|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Deming|first=Mark|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/j-mascis-elastic-days|title=Clash Magazine Review|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=November 8, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

| rev3 = DIY

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2018/11/08/j-mascis-elastic-days-album-review|title=DIY Magazine Review|work=DIY|last=Goggins|first=Joe|date=8 November 2018 |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

| rev4 = Drowned in Sound

| rev4score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/20487/reviews/4152138|title=Drowned in Sound Review|website=Drowned in Sound|last=MacMillan|first=Peter|date=November 14, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423032248/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/20487/reviews/4152138|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Exclaim!

| rev5score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/j_mascis-elastic_days|title=Exclaim! Review|website=Exclaim!|last=Garcia|first=Brad|date=November 7, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

| rev6 = The Line of Best Fit

| rev6score = 7.5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/j-mascis-elastic-days-album-review|title=J Mascis distills his masterful songcraft on Elastic Days|website=The Line of Best Fit|last=Howieson|first=Craig|date=November 7, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

| rev7 = Loud and Quiet

| rev7score = 6/10{{cite web|url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/j-mascis-elastic-days/|title=Loud and Quiet Review|website=Loud and Quiet|last=Gatward|first=Tristan|date=November 6, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

| rev8 = MusicOMH

| rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/j-mascis-elastic-days|title=MusicOMH Review|website=MusicOMH|last=Murphy|first=John|date=November 17, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

| rev9 = Paste

| rev9score = 8.3/10{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/j-mascis/j-mascis-elastic-days-review/|title=Paste Magazine Review|work=Paste|last=Edelstone|first=Steven|date=November 7, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

| rev10 = Pitchfork

| rev10score = 7.3/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/j-mascis-elastic-days/|title=Pitchfork Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Berman|first=Stuart|date=November 12, 2018|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

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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. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 21 reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/119349-j-mascis-elastic-days.php|title=Album of the Year Review|website=Album of the Year|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}

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.."

{{Track listing

| all_writing = J Mascis

| total_length = 41:00

| title1 = See You at the Movies

| length1 = 3:22

| title2 = Web So Dense

| length2 = 3:36

| title3 = I Went Dust

| length3 = 3:48

| title4 = Sky Is All We Had

| length4 = 3:06

| title5 = Picking Out the Seeds

| length5 = 3:26

| title6 = Give It Off

| length6 = 2:50

| title7 = Drop Me

| length7 = 3:50

| title8 = Cut Stranger

| length8 = 3:24

| title9 = Elastic Days

| length9 = 3:32

| title10 = Sometimes

| length10 = 3:34

| title11 = Wanted You Around

| length11 = 3:30

| title12 = Everything She Said

| length12 = 3:30

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{{Track listing

|headline=Japan deluxe version{{cite web|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/OTCD-6546|title=Elastic Days - Jas Masic|website=CDJapan.co.jp|language=ja|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}

|title13=Say It On

|length13=3:43

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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

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Production

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

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