Recording 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

Upon returning to San Francisco, Pfahler and Schwarzenbach were homeless and slept in the band’s touring van for a brief period. They soon found new residences, with Schwarzenbach moving to nearby Oakland where he began writing lyrics for the band’s third album, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy . Jawbreaker travelled to Chicago in May 1993 and recorded the bulk of the album with engineer Steve Albini , though the album’s production is officially credited on liner notes and packaging to Fluss, Albini’s cat. They recorded three additional tracks with Billy Anderson in San Francisco that August, and the album was released in early 1994 through Tupelo/Communion. Music journalist Andy Greenwald and Alternative Press ‘ Trevor Kelley both cite it as the album most beloved by the band’s fans. ” 24 Hour Revenge Therapy is arguably Jawbreaker’s best album,” writes Greenwald, “but it is also far and away its most loved, the best example of Schwarzenbach’s innate ability to marry the boozy, bluesy regretfulness of the Replacements with the loose, seat-of-the-pants attitude of Gilman Street punk.” As dubbed copies of the album began to circulate in late summer 1993, the band began to earn a devoted fanbase.