Jawbox had been broken up for more than two decades when they announced a long-awaited reunion in January 2019. Well, technically that’s not quite true. They got back together for one day, on December 8, 2009, to perform the song Savory on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Taken from 1994’s For Your Own Special Sweetheart, the Washington DC post-hardcore band’s third record (and first major label album), Savory is Jawbox’s best-known and most successful song. More than a quarter-century on, its cryptic lyrics and hypnotic, chugging melody remain as captivating and original as they were then. Here, Jawbox frontman (and now super-producer) J. Robbins explains why he thinks Savory is the most enduring song the band ever recorded.“This was one of the first songs we wrote with Zach Baroca...
