This is one I bought a couple months ago at the urging of my inner 14 year old. When I pulled it out of the bin and flipped it over to see the words “Petroleum Distillation” and “Jawbreaker Cover” I had no choice but to cop it. If I had continued reading, I would’ve noticed that this is actually a split record, with Fifteen covering Jawbreaker followed by two groups I’ve never heard of covering Fifteen. I’m still glad I picked it up, even if I was a little disappointed at first. The Jawbreaker cover was recorded pretty early in Fifteen’s history, so it has that classic Jeff Ott growl and none of the saccharine that drenched the vocals on the band’s later releases. It’s awesome and possibly more fun than the original, although the original doesn’t rank very high for me in terms of great Jawbreaker tunes. The first Fifteen cover comes to us from For.The.Win. Their cover of “Middle” sort of makes it sound like a region rock song, in the way that most region rock songs kind of sound like Fifteen covers to me. The final track, “Petroleum Distillation”, was one of my JAMZ back in the day and I was a little taken aback when I heard the gentle, melodic treatment applied to it by Hannalei. I could complain about how it’s not what I was hoping for when I dropped the needle, but I’d be lying if I said It didn’t sound just so fucking EARNEST. And in all honesty, when I sat in my room after school and sang quietly to myself and my guitar, this is probably what I thought I sounded like. Also it’s nice to finally understand ALL of the lyrics to this great song.