Braid/Burning Airlines

Release Date: November 3, 1998

When Braid asked Burning Airlines (DeSoto Records) to tour Europe with them in Fall 1998, both bands and their respective labels thought a split release would be a great idea.

An even better idea was to have each band cover a song from the '80s that they liked. Braid covers the Burt Bacharach-penned Naked Eyes song "Always Something There to Remind Me," while Burning Airlines covers Echo and the Bunnymen's "Back of Love."

DeSoto Records released the now out-of-print 7" version of this single.

Burning Airlines was formed by J. Robbins and Bill Barbot (both of Jawbox), along with Pete Moffett of Government Issue. In addition to this release, the band recorded a self-titled 7", two full-lengths and a split with At the Drive-In before disbanding in 2002.

Reviews

This Illinoisquartet captures all the hope, frustration, and regret of post-teenageexperience in just eight songs. The real knock-out punch, however, comes from Braid's grown-up sense of harmony andtheir jaw-dropping songwriting skills.

- Alternative Press
Every lyric transmits Ernest Hemingway-likeromanticism; every jagged chord or meter change serves its song perfectly.

- Alternative Press
These 12 songs positively reaffirm Braid's prowess as precise musiciansand ace songwriters. With heart-wrenchers like "I Keep A Diary,""Collect From Clark Kent" and "A Dozen Roses" accompaniedby fist-clenchers like "Urbana'sToo Dark" and "Consolation Prize Fighter," the album has thatrare ability to nurse wounds as well as to inflict them.

- CMJ