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Ready... Break
Rock · 2000 · 11 tracks

Ready... Break

Piano-driven rock with a raw, indie edge. A literate and melancholic snapshot of suburban youth before the band's polished major label era.

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It's the raw, piano-heavy indie record they made before they got famous, and it has that ten-minute song everyone cried to in high school.

A vulnerable and literate exploration of suburban longing, anchored by resonant piano melodies.

Ready... Break · vs · Something Corporate
Gentle+1.4σ

The vocals lean notably further into gentle than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Straw Dog
3:31
02
Mulligan Goes to War
3:38
03
Drunk Girl
4:13
04
Plucked
4:40
05
When It Goes Down
5:52
06
Babies of the 80s
3:29
07
Cavanaugh Park
4:12
08
If I Die
4:16
09
Ben Franklin's Kite
4:18
10
Inside the Pocket
2:59
11
Konstantine (live)
10:30
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the delicate piano intro to the full band swell in Straw Dog.
The ten-minute emotional endurance test of the live version of Konstantine.
The raw, unpolished vocal delivery in the bridge of Cavanaugh Park.
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