专辑歌曲：
专辑介绍：
《Several Shades of Why》不仅是J Mascis继Dinosaur Jr.《Farm》之后的作品，更是他的首张个人录音室专辑。就如同他的好友Thurston Moore近年的个人专辑风格，J Mascis也拿起空心吉他，少了几个脚下的破音效果器，声音走向更为acoustic，在退去那件破烂肮脏的噪音大衣后，呈现出来的大叔样貌也更加返朴归真。
从Dinosaur Jr.在独立音乐圈崛起，经历过主流唱片时期，更是沉寂了十年又复出，走过这些风风雨雨，J Mascis首张个人专辑所呈现出来的质朴风貌，也许并不令人意外吧？但毕竟是老将，专辑中参予合作的乐手阵容也让乐迷们赞叹︰Sophie Trudeau (A Silver Mt. Zion), Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene), Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses), Pall Jenkins (Black Heart Procession), Kurt Vile等等，此外，封面手写字更是出自于Kim Gordon。
这张专辑录制于自家的Bisquiteen录音室，J Mascis或刷弦或拨弹的空心吉他，唱着歌，在近乎全然原音的质朴基调上，犹如走进幽暗的丛林，却处处闪耀着细微的光芒，乐手们的小提琴、钢琴、长笛、竖笛等乐器陪衬在后，不仅让温度暖了起来，视野也更开阔，J Mascis又脏又破的招牌电吉他solo却偶尔像道闪电般划破天际，照亮小径，41分钟的旅程中，仿佛一下子睁大眼睛寻幽探密，一下子又因刺眼的光线而皱眉瞇眼，结果时间就这样过去，我才发现已经走出那一小片美丽丛林，J Mascis也在城市噪音中突然面无表情的转身离去。
Despite being best known for the skull-crushing volume of his work with Dinosaur Jr., J. Mascis has dabbled in acoustic music in the past, most notably on his 1996 album Martin + Me (Martin being his acoustic guitar). But Several Shades of Why is easily his most accomplished and best-crafted acoustic album to date, as well as one of his most tightly focused collections in years. Several Shades of Why's ten songs are rooted in Mascis' acoustic guitar picking, and rather than simply stripping his amp-blasting tunes down to a quieter arrangement, most of these songs appear to have been written with an acoustic in mind, and his elemental but lively melodic figures are surprisingly nimble and shine in this more subtle and dynamic setting. Mascis has also brought in a handful of gifted acquaintances to join him on these sessions, including Kurt Vile on guitar, Sophie Trudeau on violin, and Pall Jenkins on keyboards, and while the musicians have left the right amount of space in the songs, there's just enough detail in these performances to give them an impressive depth and texture that serves them well. Mascis has never been known as an especially lucid lyricist, and this album hardly challenges that assumption, but the tenor of this album speaks to a more sincere and mature emotional core than much of the writer's previous work, and as mushy as his vocals traditionally are, here he doesn't reach for effect, but simply speaks to his heart and mind. Several Shades of Why isn't an album that sounds grandiose, but it's a strong and thoughtful work that features plenty of fine songs performed by a gifted guitarist with an equally capable ensemble by his side. If it isn't quite a masterpiece, along with Dinosaur Jr.'s surprisingly strong reunion albums, this suggests Mascis has been quietly enjoying an impressive career renaissance, as if the venerable slacker has discovered something welcome in the onset of maturity.
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