Jawbox News: Jawbox - For Your Own Special Sweetheart

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Caught up in the bubbling major-label feeding frenzy of those strange post-Nevermind, post-Dookie years, Jawbox were one of the many coulda-been-a-contender acts chewed up and spat out by those that didn’t entirely know what to do with them.

A sweet 16 years after its original release, the band’s minor post-hardcore masterpiece comes home to roost via their own DeSoto imprint and punk rock lynchpin / former label Dischord, suggesting that time has applied its soothing balm to any smarts caused by the band’s shock departure for climes unknown and anathema to their staunchly DIY peers.

Heal all wounds as it...