J Mascis, Murph, and Lou Barlow have announced a new Dinosaur Jr . album called There Near , the follow-up to 2021’s Sweep Into Space . It’s coming August 28 on Jagjaguwar, a month before the boys kick off the second half of their 2026 tour with Detroit indie rocker Stef Chura . You can check out the full list of stops below, along with “Several Got Away,” the lead single from the new album. “I'm not always sure what a song is 'about' when I'm writing it,” Mascis said in a statement