Dinosaur Jr. have released ‘Blowin’ Up’, the second preview of their forthcoming album There Near, with Lou Barlow taking songwriting duties on the politically charged track ahead of the album’s release on August 28 via Jagjaguwar. by Paul CashmereDinosaur Jr. have unveiled ‘Blowin’ Up’, the second single from their forthcoming album There Near, giving fans another preview of the band’s first studio record in five years. Formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984, Dinosaur Jr. emerged as one of the defining American alternative rock bands of the late 1980s. Across four decades, Dinosaur Jr. have maintained a reputation for balancing uncompromising guitar-driven rock with melodic songwriting. Dinosaur Jr. are currently touring North America on a co-headline run with Band of Horses before a series of headline performances scheduled for October.