24 Hour Revenge Therapy [Bonus Tracks] [LP]

by Jawbreaker

Overview

More trials and tribulations than an average episode of Melrose Place, Jawbreaker continue to explore their personal struggles on their third album, fittingly titled 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. Continuing in the Jawbreaker tradition of poetic lyrics that provide a mental image to each song, the band deal with their endeavors through music instead of wallowing in them, making this record not entirely bleak. "Do You Still Hate Me," for example, has the persona dishing out the friction of a relationship gone sour through talking to the person in question: "I wrote you a letter/I heard it upset you/How can I do this better/We're getting older/But we're acting younger." Being critiqued and ostracized from their scene during the height of their popularity was another headache singer/songwriter Blake Schwarzenbach dealt with around the time this album was released (their previous album, Bivouac, provided them with a huge cult following). This no doubt inspired the song "Indictment," which talks about not caring what anyone thinks of their songwriting ("I just wrote the dumbest song/It's going to be a singalong/Our enemies will laugh and be pointing/It wont bother me, what the thoughtless are thinking"). Providing the perfect flow of temperamental pop to go along with these stories is proof enough that 24 Hour Revenge Therapy is an acme of Jawbreaker's creative output. ~ Mike DaRonco

Product Details

Release Date:	10/14/2014
Label:	Blackball Records
UPC:	0655035131016
Rank:	700

Tracks

1. The Boat Dreams From the Hill
2. Indictment
3. Boxcar
4. Outpatient
5. Ashtray Monument
6. Condition Oakland
7. Ache
8. Do You Still Hate Me?
9. West Bay Invitational
10. Jinx Removing
11. In Sadding Around
12. The Boat Dreams from the Hill [Alternate Version]
13. Boxcar [Alternate Version]
14. Do You Still Hate Me? [Alternate]
15. Jinx Removing [Alternate Version]
16. First Step [Outtake]
17. Friends Back East [Outtake Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jawbreaker   Primary Artist
Blake Schwarzenbach   Guitar,Vocals,Strings,Guitar (Electric)
Adam Pfahler   Drums
Chris Bauermeister   Bass,Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Steve Albini   Engineer
Billy Anderson   Engineer,Remixing,Mixing Engineer
John Golden   Mastering
Blake Schwarzenbach   Composer,Producer
Jawbreaker   Producer
Adam Pfahler   Composer,Producer,Photography
Chris Bauermeister   Composer,Producer
Wild Don Lewis   Photography
Fluss   Engineer
John Yates   Design,Artwork