New Plastic Ideas

New Plastic Ideas
Studio album by Unwound
Released March 21, 1994
Recorded November-December 1993
Studio Avast! Studios, Seattle WA
Genre Post-hardcore, emo, noise rock
Length 39:43
Label Kill Rock Stars
Producer Steve Fisk and Unwound
Unwound chronology
Fake Train
(1993)Fake Train1993		 New Plastic Ideas
(1994)		 The Future of What
(1995)The Future of What1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

New Plastic Ideas is the third studio album by the American post-hardcore band Unwound, released on March 21, 1994 by Kill Rock Stars.[2]

Recording and release

The album was recorded in between from November 26-28 and December 13, 1993 at Avast! Studios in Seattle, Washington. As pointed out in The Vinyl Factory's review for the album, New Plastic Ideas is a somewhat a step away from the feedback-ridden sound of its predecessor Fake Train and focuses more on melody and odd time signatures,[3] although the band has stated that this was unintentional.[4] The albums title was once thought of a reference to the artist Piet Mondrian, however as explained by guitarist Justin Trosper, the name was simply made up on the spot.[5]

The album was released on March 21, 1994 through independent label Kill Rock Stars, their second full-length for the label. The album was issued on compact disc, vinyl, and cassette formats, and the front cover photo is taken from the Philippe Entremont record Grieg: Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra. According to Kill Rock Stars, the first 5000 CD copies of the album includes the typo of "Uwound" on the spine. After being out-of-print for years, the album was made available on LP format again when it was included (with Fake Train) on the band's 2014 boxset Rat Conspiracy.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Entirely Different Matters"2:04
2."What Was Wound"2:28
3."Envelope"3:20
4."Hexenzsene"4:34
5."Abstraktions"7:11
6."All Souls Day"3:12
7."Usual Dosage"5:14
8."Arboretum"5:00
9."Fiction Friction"6:36
Total length:39:43

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ New Plastic Ideas at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Unwound". Kill Rock Stars. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  3. ↑ Ediriwira, Amar. "Leaves Turn: An exploration of post-hardcore act Unwound in 10 records". thevinylfactory.com. The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  4. ↑ n/a. "Q&A with Unwound from 1999". killrockstars.com [Archive]. Kill Rock Stars. Archived from the original on 1999-01-25. Retrieved 1999-12-31. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ n/a. "Q&A With Justin Trosper and Vern Rumsey from 2000". killrockstars.com [Archive]. Kill Rock Stars. Archived from the original on 1999-01-25. Retrieved 2000-02-02. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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