| Novelty | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jawbox |
| Cover: | Novelty jawbox.jpg |
| Released: | May 1992 |
| Recorded: | September 1991 January 1992 |
| Studio: | OZ Studio (Baltimore, Maryland) Inner Ear Studios (Arlington, Virginia) |
| Genre: | Hardcore punk |
| Length: | 43:00 |
| Label: | Dischord |
| Producer: | Iain Burgess |
| Prev Title: | Grippe |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | For Your Own Special Sweetheart |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Novelty is the second studio album by the American post-hardcore band Jawbox, released by Dischord Records in May 1992.[1] [2] The songs "Tongues" and "Ones and Zeros" were previously released as a single, and "Static" was featured on a split 7-inch with Tar. A video was produced for the track "Cutoff."
Novelty was the band's first album with guitar player Bill Barbot.[3]
Trouser Press opined that "the mushy mix wastes the dual guitars, and [J] Robbins' vocals frequently seem dreary and monochromatic."[4] The Washington Post wrote: "Punchy but hardly pop, such songs as 'Cutoff' and 'Static' possess both focus and bristling energy."[5]