{"product_id":"braid-frankie-welfare-boy-age-five-lp","title":"Braid - Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew in poly-sleeve. Double LP pressed on blue vinyl in gatefold sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter releasing the Rainsnowmatch 7\" in 1994, Braid's debut full-length, Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five, came out in June 1995 on Divot Records. With 26 blistering tracks in just under 60 minutes, the members of Braid -- Bob Nanna, Todd Bell, Chris Broach and Roy Ewing -- simultaneously encapsulated and redefined the Midwest scene from which they came.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrankie Welfare Boy Age Five is a meticulously crafted record that never once feels anything other than raw and organic. Starting with the song titles (each begins with a different letter of the alphabet), it soon becomes clear that no aspect of the album is superfluous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven the between-track interim is filled with precision. Nanna and Bell spent six hours adding static and snippets of music from their old bands and friends' bands (including Cap'n Jazz, Friction, The Sky Corvair and Mary Me) to give listeners the feeling of tuning a radio dial while listening to the record.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis attention to detail is especially evident in the music. Never uniform and always challenging, the songs on FWBA5 continually change tone, volume, and structure within time spans that sometimes swell to more than three minutes, but are most often contained to one or two. Featuring a more aggressive, hardcore-influenced sound than later Braid releases, these tracks manage to be both abrasive and melodic, brief yet lasting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five, Braid introduced itself to a national audience -- one which it would continue to build over years of extensive touring and the release of two more full-lengths, nine 7\"s and numerous compilation appearances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Angel Falls [Instrumental]\u003cbr\u003e2 Brass Knuckle Sandwich\u003cbr\u003e3 Capricorn\u003cbr\u003e4 Dolores\u003cbr\u003e5 Eeyore and Easel\u003cbr\u003e6 Featherweight\u003cbr\u003e7 Garner Hall Music Room\u003cbr\u003e8 Hugs from Boys\u003cbr\u003e9 Interstate 57\u003cbr\u003e10 Jane Describes John\u003cbr\u003e11 Kissy Windmill Print\u003cbr\u003e12 Lining Lake Michigan\u003cbr\u003e13 Minuet\u003cbr\u003e14 New Dollar Building\u003cbr\u003e15 Ornamental\u003cbr\u003e16 Pipsqueak\u003cbr\u003e17 Quarters\u003cbr\u003e18 Red Dye Company [Instrumental]\u003cbr\u003e19 Summer Salt\u003cbr\u003e20 Three Point Turn\u003cbr\u003e21 Under the Influence of Tricycle Mechanics\u003cbr\u003e22 Vest of Interest\u003cbr\u003e23 Wax Wings\u003cbr\u003e24 X Marks the Hope Box\u003cbr\u003e25 Yawn London\u003cbr\u003e26 Zero Frisco\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" id=\"aec-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PolyVinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43077503221894,"sku":"PRC-9684LP","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/2959\/9806\/products\/braid-frankie.jpg?v=1677861717","url":"https:\/\/www.parasolrecords.com\/products\/braid-frankie-welfare-boy-age-five-lp","provider":"Parasol Mail Order","version":"1.0","type":"link"}