Superheaven - Jar (10 year Anniversary)

Superheaven
Jar (10 year Anniversary)
(Olive Green Vinyl) 
Release: 2013
Re-Release: 2023

Track Listing:

1. Sponge
2. Life In A Jar
3. Outside Of Me
4. Sheltered
5. Crawl
6. Last October
7. Youngest Daughter
8. Knew
9. No One's Deserving
10. Hole In The Ground
11. In On It
12. Around The Railing
13. Lucky
14. Siblings

More Info:
Superheaven’s debut full-length Jar ignited the 2010s grunge revival movement. Tracked and engineered by visionary producer Will Yip at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, the album completely bypassed retro nostalgia cliches by supercharging 1990s alternative rock with modern hardcore muscle and claustrophobic heaviness. The sonic architecture relies on cavernous room acoustics and a monolithic wall of guitars, dialing in thick, drop-tuned sludge through saturated tube heads and fuzz pedals that evoke the tectonic weight of Hum, Failure, and Bleach-era Nirvana. Behind the kit, Zack Robbins delivers colossal, reverberant drum hits that give the rhythm section an immediate, chest-thumping physical presence. Frontman Taylor Madison and guitarist Jake Clarke lock into haunting, minor-key vocal harmonies reminiscent of Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell, trading bleak, introspective lyricism on anthemic standouts like "Life in a Jar," "Sponge," and the viral sleeper hit "Youngest Daughter." This tenth-anniversary vinyl edition cements the record's legacy as a modern heavy rock touchstone, sounding suffocating, cathartic, and utterly relentless under the needle.