Unwound- New Plastic IdeasLabel: Numero Reissued 2018, Originally released 1994 An album Maximum Rock 'N' Roll deemed not punk enough to review, UNWOUND's 1994 sophomore effort was a lethal depth charge aimed at major label grunge and independent hardcore alike. From the off kilter, vertiginous rhythm of "Entirely Different Matters" to the neck snapping velocity of "What Was Wound" to the relentless pounding at the end of "All Souls Day," New Plastic Ideas is the SONIC YOUTH

Mike Hill is not a man interested in appeasing his existing audience or modifying the music he makes in the hope of luring in a broader one

Linda Pitmon pens disarmingly personal notes inside a gorgeous gatefold package

Upon completion of the soundtrack

Also new to this edition is an essay on the songs by STEVENS

but when she did

Song for Fraser

is a continuation on the ideas first expressed with great success on Filosofem

Tissue Of Lies shows you Nocturnal Emissions' industrial roots

PRIMORDIAL

the album fully belongs to the bewitching galaxy of sound Windy & Carl innovated and within which they remain the sole occupants: music of thresholds and peripheries and eternities

the Raconteurs

The Weather