Jar (album)

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Jar
Superheaven - Jar, Cover (Current Pressing).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 30, 2013
RecordedDecember 2012
StudioStudio 4 Recording Studios, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Genre
Length41:25
Label Run for Cover
Producer Will Yip
Superheaven chronology
The Difference in Good and Bad Dreams
(2012)
Jar
(2013)
Ours Is Chrome
(2015)
Original pressing
Superheaven - Jar (Pressings under the bandname 'Daylight').jpg
Original cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 8.0 [3]
PunkNews.org4.5/5 [2]

Jar is the debut studio album by American rock band Superheaven, released on April 30, 2013. It was originally released under the band's prior name, Daylight, which has since been changed due to a legal dispute. [4] The album peaked at #184 on the US Billboard 200. [5]

Contents

On January 10, 2023, Superheaven announced that they would go on a small tour of the East and West Coasts in honor of the album's 10th anniversary. [6]

Background and recording

Superheaven formed in 2008 under the name Daylight. The group released its debut EP Sinking in 2009 through Get This Right Records. [7] The band's second EP, Dispirit, was released in 2010 through Six Feet Under Records. [8] The band would release a third EP, The Difference in Good and Bad Dreams, in 2012 through Run for Cover Records. [9] Later that year, drummer John Bowes left the band was replaced by Zack Robbins.

The band would record its debut album, Jar, with producer Will Yip in December 2012.

A music video for the song "In on It" was released on March 21, 2013. A music video was released for "Life in a Jar" on April 30, the same day the album was released. The album's third video, "No One's Deserving", was released on November 21.

Track listing

All music is composed by Superheaven

No.TitleLength
1."Sponge"4:23
2."Life in a Jar"3:42
3."Outside of Me"2:31
4."Sheltered"2:41
5."Crawl"2:33
6."Last October"3:52
7."Youngest Daughter"4:09
8."Knew"1:18
9."No One's Deserving"3:03
10."Hole in the Ground"4:31
11."In on It"3:23
12."Around the Railing"5:09
Total length:41:25
10th Anniversary Edition LP bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Lucky" 
14."Siblings" 

Personnel

Superheaven

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [11] 184
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [12] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [13] 33
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [14] 50

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