Braid's classic 1998 album Frame & Canvas turns 25 this year, and the band is celebrating with a new reissue, remixed and remastered by the album's original producer J. Robbins of Jawbox, as well as their first shows in seven years. To keep the celebration going, Bob Nanna and Chris Broach joined us on the latest episode of the BrooklynVegan podcast. They discussed their separate musical upbringings, and how they eventually met, formed Braid, and landed on the unique (and now highly influential) sound that the world would come to know and love. They talked about the scene in the Chicago area, how doing splits and comps helped the band catch on outside of their hometown, and how crucial buying 7"s at shows was to finding other bands. Chris told stories of getting into the local scene thanks to classmate Tim Kinsella of Cap'n Jazz walking around his high school with the Achtung Chicago! Zwei! compilation, Bob reflected on being starstruck by J. Robbins while recording Frame & Canvas, they talked about Matt Lunsford of Polyvinyl Records booking the very first Braid show, and much more.
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