Braid- The Age Of OcteenLabel: Polyvinyl Reissued 9 19 2025, Originally released 1996 The sophomore full length from Braid, The Age of Octeen is marked by it's passionate vocals, excellent wordplay, dueling guitars, and a relentless rhythm section; powerful sounds with a heart of gold. Once the heir apparent to the post Fugazi Jawbox throne, Braid only recorded one more album (Frame & Canvas) before deciding to call it quits in the Summer of '99. Braid's line up for The Age

Cheese Plug

Box Full of Letters

Hold Your Breath

Mostly recorded following a grueling tour leaving them no time to compose new material

Heavy Load Blues

Pipeline / Kill Time

the band's first Top 10 album featuring the massive hit "Rikki Don't Lose That Number

My Baby Left Me

finally on LP

COMEDY - Harried teenager Dan Bartlett (John Cusack) missed his loaded girlfriend's family plane that was supposed to take them to a 10-day Caribbean cruise

Yeasayer's third LP is an abrupt transition for a band whose sound always seems to be in flux

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