The Age of Octeen

by Braid

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 September 1996
  • Label: Mud
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:03
  • Community rating: 3.42/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A vital document of the emerging second-wave emo scene, the Illinois group's sophomore release showcases a rapid maturation in their songwriting. The band utilizes increasingly complex time signatures and interlocking guitar lines, pairing frantic punk energy with distinctively emotive vocal performances.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, uncommon-time-signatures, emotive, jangly, DIY, dynamic

Tracklist

  1. My Baby Smokes (3:15)
  2. Nineteen 75 (3:04)
  3. Divers (3:42)
  4. Jimmy Go Swimmer (2:25)
  5. Movie Clock Star (5:45)
  6. Eulalia, Eulalia (3:50)
  7. Grace Car Part One (4:10)
  8. Harrison Ford (4:00)
  9. American Typewriter (3:19)
  10. The Chandelier Swing (3:24)
  11. Autobiography (1:04)

Credits

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