J Mascis - Elastic Days Featuring Dina Martina

What this video is

Released November 5, 2018, the video arrived as a promotional single for J Mascis's third solo album 'Elastic Days' (Sub Pop, November 9, 2018). The collaboration with drag performer Dina Martina — known for her Provincetown performances and surrealist camp persona — represents a notable intersection of Western Massachusetts alt-rock heritage and Pacific Northwest / coastal drag art culture. The video was released…

Why it matters

Documents the mature acoustic solo mode of J Mascis — Dinosaur Jr. co-founder and a primary architect of early American alternative rock / noise-pop — within the Sub Pop Records catalog. The video's formal minimalism (single scene, lip-sync, projected backdrop) situates it within a lineage of…

The director

Shane Wahlund and Michael Anderson are co-directors credited on the official J Mascis 'Elastic Days' video (2018). The pairing was engaged by Sub Pop Records for this project. No additional verifiable solo filmography details are available from current…