Different Damage is a Q and Not U

Q and Not U

Q and Not U was a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., signed to Dischord Records. Members John Davis, Harris Klahr, Christopher Richards, and Matt Borlik formed the band in 1998...

 album that was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in May/June 2002 and released in October 2002 on Dischord Records

Dischord Records

Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in the independent punk music of the D.C.-area music scene. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles...

. It was engineered and produced by Ian MacKaye

Ian MacKaye

Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, label owner, and producer. Active since 1979, MacKaye is best known for being the frontman of the influential hardcore punk bands Minor Threat and The Teen Idles, the post-hardcore bands Embrace and Fugazi, as well...

 and Don Zientara

Don Zientara

Don Zientara is an American record producer and musician. He owns and runs Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia, located just outside of Washington D.C., and is most widely known for his production work with Fugazi, Minor Threat and various other Dischord Records artists.-Production...

 and mastered by Chad Clark at Silver Sonya. The front cover and insert photography was taken by Shawn Brackbill in the accident inspection bay at the Geico

GEICO

The Government Employees Insurance Company is an auto insurance company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that as of 2007 provided coverage for more than 10 million motor vehicles owned by more than 9 million policy holders. GEICO writes private passenger automobile insurance...

headquarters in NW Washington, D.C. The back cover was shot by Brackbill at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Different Damage was the band's first full-length album as a trio, following the dismissal of bassist Matt Borlik in November 2001.

Track listing

1. "Soft Pyramids" – 4:07
2. "So Many Animal Calls" – 2:08
3. "Air Conditions" – 4:00
4. "Black Plastic Bag" – 2:17
5. "Meet Me In the Pocket" – 4:31
6. "This Are Flashes" – 3:10
7. "Everybody Ruins" – 1:54
8. "Snow Patterns" – 3:01
9. "When the Lines Go Down" – 2:27
10. "O'No" – 1:16
11. "No Damage Nocturne" – 3:30
12. "Recreation Myth" – 3:53

Personnel

• Harris Klahr – guitar, vocals, synths
• Christopher Richards – guitar, vocals, synths
• John Davis – drums, percussion, vocals
• Shawn Brackbill – photography
• Chad Clark – mastering
• Ian MacKaye – producer, engineer
• Jeff Nelson – assembly
• Q and Not U – design, assembly
• Don Zientara – producer, engineer