Digitally re-mastered edition of this 1994 album, One of the most popular and successful underground bands of the early/mid-'90s, California's JAWBREAKER melded raw vocals, a driving rhythm section and grinding guitar with complex song structures and literary lyrics, forging a distinctive style that has since influenced a generation of independent music. By the end of 1993, Jawbreaker was in full stride. The band had completed a full US tour in the summer, played several shows that October with Nirvana, and was attracting significant major label attention. 24 HOUR REVENGE THERAPY was Jawbreaker's third album. After the more progressive BIVOUAC, the trio had returned to a straight-forward, pop sound, and the resulting full-length is widely regarded as their best. The bulk of the recording was done by noted independent producer Steve Albini.
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
- Format: Vinyl (black)
- Genre: Alternative Rock, Punk
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Tracks
| A1 | The Boat Dreams From The Hill |
| A2 | Indictment |
| A3 | Boxcar |
| A4 | Outpatient |
| A5 | Ashtray Monument |
| A6 | Condition Oakland |
| B1 | Ache |
| B2 | Do You Still Hate Me? |
| B3 | West Bay Invitational |
| B4 | Jinx Removing |
| B5 | In Sadding Around |
