''Jawbox'' is the fourth and most recent album by American

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term " post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad conste ...

band

Jawbox Jawbox is an American post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1989. The band currently consists of J. Robbins (vocals/guitar), Kim Coletta (bass), Zach Barocas (drums), and Brooks Harlan (guitars/vocals). The original lineup consis ...

. The album was released by TAG Recordings, a subsidiary of

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. In the months following the album's release, the band was dropped from TAG and thus from Atlantic. The album is much more commercial than its predecessor, '' For Your Own Special Sweetheart''. Music videos were produced for the tracks "Mirrorful" and

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cover "Cornflake Girl", with the latter being a hidden track. The cover became a surprise (albeit minor) hit in the alternative and college radio scene, thus the video was filmed. The cover was omitted from the album's 2015 LP reissue. Along with those two tracks, promotional singles were also created for "Absenter" and "His Only Trade". It was Jawbox's final studio album before disbanding in 1997.

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "Moody, driven and downbeat (save for the occasional sanguine moment, like the rousing 'Excandescent'), ''Jawbox'' is a work of integrity and passion from a pop band that refuses to write pop songs." ''

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'' called the album "a masterpiece of driving, angular rock prowess."

Track listing

Personnel

Jawbox *

J. Robbins James Robbins, better known as J. Robbins, is an American rock musician. Career Robbins began his career as a bassist for Government Issue, and has also led five of his own bands: Jawbox, Rollkicker Laydown, Burning Airlines, Channels (band) ...

– vocals, guitar,

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*Bill Barbot – guitar, Hammond organ, saxophone, vocals *Kim Coletta – bass, vocals *Zach Barocas – drums Production * John Agnello – producer, engineer, mixing * Wayne Dorrell, Juan Garcia, Jeff Gatens – assistant engineers * Jason Farrell – cover art

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jawbox (Album) 1996 albums Jawbox albums DeSoto Records albums TAG Recordings albums Albums produced by John Agnello