Its amazing how the rawness in Blake's voice sells a line like "I Want You". Its sorta poppy and trite in places, not really as much a lyrical gem as a lot of their later work, but it works very nicely; plus, while the lyrics aren't brilliant by Jawbreaker standards, they're better than 98% of modern music. Musically, this works largely on the strength of the bass line and the aforementioned rusty edges.
Its amazing how the rawness in Blake's voice sells a line like "I Want You". Its sorta poppy and trite in places, not really as much a lyrical gem as a lot of their later work, but it works very nicely; plus, while the lyrics aren't brilliant by Jawbreaker standards, they're better than 98% of modern music. Musically, this works largely on the strength of the bass line and the aforementioned rusty edges.