JAWBREAKER 24 Hour Revenge Therapy Vinyl LP

There's a reason this record gets brought up every time someone tries to explain why emo was actually good before anyone called it emo. Released in 1994, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy is Jawbreaker at their most raw, most literate, most furious, most heartbroken, which is saying something for a band that made those qualities their entire personality.

Blake Schwarzenbach wrote lyrics that read like dog-eared paperbacks, and here they hit hardest. Condition Oakland. Boxcar. The Boat Dreams From the Hill. Songs that felt overheard rather than performed, recorded with enough grit to make major label polish sound like a threat. This 20th Anniversary Edition was pressed in 2014 and includes a download code with six bonus tracks recorded by Steve Albini, because of course it does. If you came to punk or alternative music through anything that followed, there's a very real chance it traced a line back here.

12" vinyl LP. 20th Anniversary Edition (2014). Download code included for six Albini-recorded bonus tracks (note: not instant download). Released on Blackball Records.

Fans of: Samiam, Hot Water Music, Leatherface, early Alkaline Trio, anything that made you feel like someone finally got it.