For Your Own Special Sweetheart

Reissue of this hugely influential album from 1994. Along with the likes of Sunny Day Real Estate and Jawbreaker at that time, these bands re contextualized the word 'emo' and brought post-hardcore punk a step closer to the mainstream. Considered by fans and critics alike to be Jawbox at their peak, this definitive re-issue of the long out-of-print For Your Own Special Sweetheart' (originally released on Atlantic Records) includes 3 additional tracks taken from the classic 'savoury + 3' ep.

Jawbox was born circa 1989, clawing their way from the primordial pond of DC's raucous, vibrant, Dischord driven underground to claim a seat of honour at the table of what eventually came to be called 'post- hardcore.' The racket raised by the four members - j. robbins, kim coletta, wc 3d barbot, and zach barocas - was suitably loud, occasionally fast, and spirited enough live to move the punkers around the dance floor in something considerably less than a decorous fashion. But by the time the mature band came to record their third full-length, their first for a major label after amicably leaving Dischord, they had distanced themselves somewhat from their purely post-punk roots and were more intent on breeding strident wolves clad in a pop song's clothing. For Your Own Special Sweetheart, whose title was cribbed from the box blurb for a barbie doll, was released right around Valentine's day 1994, to cries of both 'genius' and 'sellout' respectively thrilled and bemused fans.