When Go-Kart Mozart released Tearing Up the Album Charts in 2005, Lawrence was in a bad place. Fighting addiction and hard times, he made one of the few missteps — self-proclaimed — of his career and put out a record made up of old songs written for a Denim album and demos that were in a half-finished state. He was never satisfied by it, and when he had the chance — brought on by a lifted profile thanks to some great Mozart Estate records and a book about his life — he jumped at it. Tower Block in a Jam Jar is a rework of Tearing that juggles the tracks, adds new instrumentation, and features all-new vocals. He also rewrote and retitled the song “At the DDU” to shift away from the subject matter — getting a dose of methadone — that no longer applied.

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