Braid - Frame & Canvas (25th Anniversary Edition) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Frame & Canvas has been completely re-mixed by J. Robbins and re-mastered by Dan Coutant (with vinyl mastering by Bob Weston).

Frame & Canvas is a landmark. Released in April of 1998, Braid’s third studio album and first full-length with Polyvinyl wasn’t their first nor last important statement, but its urgency, precision, and non-stop rush of innovative ideas lined up perfectly with the time it was created in to effect a profound shift. In the small but growing circles of Midwestern emo of the late ‘90s, and all that would eventually ripple outward and upward from those circles, nothing was quite the same after this record. We celebrate 25 years of Frame & Canvas with the first proper re-release of the album, not just newly remastered, but remixed from the original tapes.

By the time they were ready to track their third album in late 1997, Braid had become an unstoppable machine. The band hit the ground running upon forming four years earlier, churning out new material as fast as it could be put to tape and sharpening their performance chemistry with constant, nearly compulsive touring. On one of their many runs of shows, the band crossed paths with Jawbox’s J. Robbins, a presence in the Washington D.C. scene known not just for his bands, but for his stellar work as an engineer and producer. When this group of self-professed Jawbox superfans meekly asked Robbins if he’d be interested in producing their next album, his agreement lit an even bigger fire to the creative engines of a band already in hyperdrive. True to their road-dog work ethic, Braid booked a tour that routed them to D.C. and back, working in the middle for just five blurry days at the legendary Inner Ear Studios, walking away with Frame & Canvas.

TRACKLIST

1. Braid - The New Nathan Detroits (Remastered 2023)
2. Braid - Killing A Camera (Remastered 2023)
3. Braid - Never Will Come For Us (Remastered 2023)
4. Braid - First Day Back (Remastered 2023)
5. Braid - Collect From Clark Kent (Remastered 2023)
6. Braid - Milwaukee Sky Rocket (Remastered 2023)
7. Braid - A Dozen Roses (Remastered 2023)
8. Braid - Urbana's Too Dark (Remastered 2023)
9. Braid - Consolation Prizefighter (Remastered 2023)
10. Braid - Ariel (Remastered 2023)
11. Braid - Breathe In (Remastered 2023)
12. Braid - I Keep A Diary (Remastered 2023)



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