Just Got Back From the Discomfort—We're Alright
Just Got Back From the Discomfort—We're Alright | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | May 29, 2010 |
Recorded | 2009-2010 |
Genre | |
Length | 44:58 |
Label | Self-released |
Just Got Back From the Discomfort—We're Alright (stylized in all
Background and recording
Following the release of Masked Dancers in 2009,
Just Got Back implements a multitude of different instruments, including the
The album cover of Just Got Back From The Discomfort-We're Alright features a picture taken on lead singer Adam Demirjian's parents' honeymoon in front of a gas station.[9]
Release
The band released Just Got Back onto Bandcamp on May 29, 2010.[10] The initial release was not popular; Demirjian said that the Bandcamp album had under 200 downloads some time after it was published.[11] After The Brave Little Abacus broke up in 2012, the album started to develop a cult following, becoming popular on 4chan's /mu/ board and subsequently Reddit.[12]
In October 2020, remastered versions of Just Got Back and Masked Dancers were released on streaming services.
Critical reception
In a review for Sputnikmusic, emeritus user Trebor rated the album 5/5, describing it as "a life changing record... the most underrated, underappreciated classic in all of
Just Got Back came in at number 27 in Spin's ranking of the "30 best emo revival albums". Zoe Camp wrote that due to the varied instrumentation and Demirjian's unique vocals, the album represented a "dispatch from the doldrums" of typical 2000s emo music: "Seven years later, it feels just as unique as ever."[7] Eli Schoop included the album in a list of staff-favorite music releases of the 2010s at Tiny Mix Tapes, describing the album as feeling "straight, undistilled, [and] without restraint".[13] In the 2019 book Perfect Sound Whatever, James Acaster said the album had a "beautifully stitched-together flow to it, full of detailed sound collages".[14]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pile! No Pile! Pile!" | 6:22 |
2. | "Please Don’t Cry, They Stopped Hours Ago." | 4:42 |
3. | "Boy's Theme" | 2:48 |
4. | "A Highway Got Paved Over My Future, I Drive It Getting to School." | 2:34 |
5. | "The Blah Blah Blahs" | 4:14 |
6. | "Can't Run Away" | 6:30 |
7. | "Untitled (Cont.)" | 3:40 |
8. | "Aubade (Morning Love Song)" | 2:13 |
9. | "It's Not What You Think It Is" | 3:39 |
10. | "Allston, Massachusetts December 2009—January 2010" | 1:20 |
11. | "Bug-Infested Floorboards—Can We Please Just Leave This Place, Now." | 4:38 |
12. | "Orange, Blue With Stripes" | 2:13 |
Total length: | 44:58 |
- Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, and 12 are stylized in all lowercase on the original release.[15]
- Tracks 2 and 4 are stylized in sentence case on the original release.[16]
- For the 2020 remaster, all unique stylization was removed, as well as all punctuation aside from exclamation points.[17]
Sample credits[18]
- "Pile! No Pile! Pile!" contains samples from Season 7 Episode 14 of Malcolm in the Middle
- "Bug-Infested Floorboards—Can We Please Just Leave This Place, Now." contains samples from Season 3 Episode 6 and Season 4 Episode 2 of Malcolm in the Middle
- "Orange, Blue With Stripes" contains samples from Season 1 Episode 1 of Malcolm in the Middle
- "A Highway Got Paved Over My Future, I Drive It Getting to School." interpolates lyrics from "Nashville" by Liz Phair
References
- ^ The E Word episode 52, 31:35.
- ^ The E Word episode 52, 45:03.
- ^ The E Word episode 52, 44:20.
- ^ The E Word episode 52, 47:25.
- ^ a b Seraydarian, Thomas (November 4, 2015). "Crossfader's Emo Primer". Crossfader Magazine. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
- ^ a b c Trebor (August 27, 2017). "Review: The Brave Little Abacus – Just Got Back from the Discomfort..." Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ a b Camp, Zoe (June 14, 2017). "27. The Brave Little Abacus – Just Got Back From the Discomfort – We're Alright" in "30 Best Emo Revival Albums, Ranked". SPIN. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ The E Word episode 52, 1:30:52.
- ^ i might go to the beach #124 - adam demirjian (brave little abacus/me in capris), retrieved July 19, 2023
- ^ The E Word episode 52, 55:13.
- ^ The E Word episode 52, 1:01:16.
- ^ The E Word episode 52, 1:18:38.
- ^ Schoop, Eli (December 16, 2019). "The Brave Little Abacus | Just Got Back From the Discomfort—We're Alright" in "2010s: Favorite Music Releases ♥ Staff Picks". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-4722-6032-1.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240101045311/https://www.last.fm/music/Brave+Little+Abacus/Just+Got+Back+from+the+Discomfort+We%27re+Alright
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240101045311/https://www.last.fm/music/Brave+Little+Abacus/Just+Got+Back+from+the+Discomfort+We%27re+Alright
- ^ https://armlicky.bandcamp.com/album/just-got-back-from-the-discomfort-were-alright
- ^ https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/74695/The-Brave-Little-Abacus-Just-Got-Back-from-the-Discomfort.../
Sources
- Demirjian, Adam, et al. (May 27, 2020). The E Word Podcast 52 – Adam Demirjian of Brave Little Abacus (Podcast). Chillwavve Records. Retrieved May 11, 2022.