Novelty

by Jawbox

Novelty cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 May 1992
  • Label: Dischord Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:28
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Washington D.C. quartet's second album represents a massive compositional leap, shedding the straightforward punk of their debut for highly angular, rhythmically complex post-hardcore. J. Robbins's sharp songwriting and the band's dense, dissonant guitar interplay perfectly captured the fiercely independent spirit of the legendary Dischord label.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, noisy, complex, melodic, dissonant, distorted, intricate, minimal, unpredictable

Tracklist

  1. Cutoff (3:50)
  2. Tracking (2:32)
  3. Dreamless (4:08)
  4. Channel 3 (2:55)
  5. Spiral Fix (4:51)
  6. Linkwork (3:56)
  7. Chump (2:26)
  8. Static (4:06)
  9. Spit-Bite (4:51)
  10. Send Down (2:42)
  11. Tongues (4:03)
  12. Ones & Zeros (3:02)

Credits

  • Jawbox - primary artist
  • Kim Coletta - bass guitar
  • Adam Wade - drums [drum kit]
  • Bill Barbot - guitar, voice

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