Sweep It Into Space

Originally scheduled for release in mid-2020, the record was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was recorded at Amherst's Bisquiteen in late 2019 following the group's West Coast/South East tour. Lou Barlow wrote two of the twelve songs, with the only other musician credited aside from the group being Kurt Vile who played Twelve-string guitar on "I Ran Away".

Sweep It Into Space earned a great deal of critical praise with an overall 80/100 score on Metacritic. Charley Ruddell of WBUR-FM called the album "lively and homespun" and said "The album isn’t meant to build on anything the band has already done, but instead revive the spontaneity and DIY of a tight rock band making a rock record."{{cite web|last=Ruddell|first=Charley|title=Dinosaur Jr. Evokes The Past On New Album 'Sweep It Into Space'|url=https://www.wbur.org/artery/2021/04/22/dinosaur-jr-sweep-it-into-space-review|work=WBUR-FM|date=April 22, 2021|access-date=May 8, 2021}} Brad Cohan of the Chicago Reader called it "the best of their version 2.0 output."{{cite web|last=Cohan|first=Brad|title=Dinosaur Jr. kick out epic melodies, hooks, and noise on their best postreunion album |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/dinosaur-jr-kick-out-epic-melodies-hooks-and-noise-on-their-best-postreunion-album/Content?oid=88561838|work=Chicago Reader|date=May 7, 2021|access-date=May 8, 2021}} Ed Condran of The Spokesman-Review singled out Lou Barlow's contributions calling them "two of the album’s finest cuts."{{cite web|last=Condran|first=Ed|title=Dinosaur Jr. showing no signs of extinction with latest album|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/apr/22/dinosaur-jr-showing-no-signs-of-extinction-with-la/|work=The Spokesman-Review|date=April 22, 2021|access-date=May 8, 2021}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Sweep It Into Space track listing

| all_writing = J Mascis, except where noted

| total_length = 44:53

| title1 = I Ain't

| length1 = 4:10

| title2 = I Met the Stones

| length2 = 3:45

| title3 = To Be Waiting

| length3 = 4:12

| title4 = I Ran Away

| length4 = 3:30

| title5 = Garden

| writer5 = Lou Barlow

| length5 = 3:02

| title6 = Hide Another Round

| length6 = 3:58

| title7 = And Me

| length7 = 3:35

| title8 = I Expect It Always

| length8 = 3:40

| title9 = Take It Back

| length9 = 4:02

| title10 = N Say

| length10 = 3:15

| title11 = Walking to You

| length11 = 4:40

| title12 = You Wonder

| writer12 = Lou Barlow

| length12 = 3:04

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks{{cite web|url=http://bignothing.net/dinosaurjr.html|title=DINOSAUR JR. {{!}} Big Nothing / SWEEP IT INTO SPACE|work=ビッグ・ナッシング / スウィープ・イット・イントゥ・スペース|accessdate=August 31, 2021|language=ja-JP}}

| total_length = 46:41

| title13 = To Be Waiting

| note13 = Live from Look Park

| length13 = 3:59

| title14 = Garden

| note14 = Live from Look Park

| length14 = 3:24

}}

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Dinosaur Jr.

• J Mascis – lead vocals (1–4, 6–11), guitars (1–4, 6–11), production, sound engineer, bass (5, 12)
• Lou Barlow – bass (1–4, 6–11), backing vocals, lead vocals (5, 12), guitars (5, 12)
• Murph – drums, percussion

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Additional personnel

• Kurt Vile – production, guitars (2, 4, 10), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• John Agnello – mixing
• Justin Pizzoferrato – sound engineer
• Marc Seedorf – sound engineer
• Mark Miller – sound engineer
• Joe Nino-Hernes – lacquer cut
• Miles Johnson – layout
• Andy Hope 1930 – artwork

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