''The Uneventful Vacation'' is the second and final album released by American
emo
Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...
band
Commander Venus
Commander Venus was an American emo band from Omaha, Nebraska. Fronted by Conor Oberst and Tim Kasher, the band also included Todd Fink and Matt Bowen of The Faint, Ben Armstrong of Head of Femur and Robb Nansel, executive producer of the i ...
in 1997. The album was recorded during the summer of the band's junior year in high school. Despite the album being rushed into recording over summer vacation, and the band experiencing tension between themselves and their producer, the album was considered a mild success, and gained popularity over college airplay.
The original pressing of the album on vinyl included a bonus 13th song titled "Congratulations!"
Track listing
# "Jean's TV" - 2:18
# "Refused By Light" - 3:42
# "We'll Always Have Paris" - 4:44
# "The Uneventful Vacation (Part 1)" - 2:26
# "Lock 'n' Chase" - 2:53
# "Life As Expected" - 5:45
# "The Way Things Had to Be" - 3:57
# "Dress to Please" - 1:49
# "The Walk-Around Problem" - 3:53
# "My Collapsing Frame" - 3:32
# "The Raining Holiday (Part 2)" - 2:55
# "The Role of the Hero in Antiquity" - 2:45
# "Congratulations!" (12" vinyl bonus track)
References
1997 albums
Wind-up Records albums
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