Notes About the Release

As a robust rock underground got swallowed alive by the Major Label Industrial Complex, the very autonomous Unwound—Olympia, Washington’s Great Noise Hope—toed the troublesome line between pay check and Check Engine light. Captured in the gaps of a ruthless touring schedule, defining fourth and fifth albums The Future of What and Repetition were issued in the back-to-back springs of 1995 and ’96. Both find the band severing their post-hardcore roots, for gripping detours into Echoplex, kraut, D&B, and Mingus, as guided by a sun-worn copy of Book Your Own Fuckin’ Life.



No Energy collects both of these 1990s masterworks, beginning with Justin Trosper’s home-made haircut stabs on “New Energy,” continuing with Vern Rumsey’s reanimating bass on “Corpse Pose,” and closing in a wall of Sara Lund crash cymbals on “For Your Entertainment.” This 33-song collection is buttressed by singles and period live tracks, a pile of double-exposed photographs, and a 10,000 word essay by latter-day Unwound diarist David Wilcox.

Product Details

3xLP 3 150g LPs

3 single LP tip-on jackets

3 printed Euro sleeves

3 double-sided inserts

1 24-page 12.5

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New EnergyDemolishedNatural DisastersRe-Enact the CrimeEqually StupidPardon My FrenchDescensionAccidents on PurposePetals Like BricksVern’s Answer to the MassesHere Come The DogsDisappointSwanMessage ReceivedCorpse PoseUnauthorized AutobiographyLowest Common DenominatorSensibleLady ElectFingernails on a ChalkboardMurder MoviesNext ExitDevoidGo to Dallas and Take a LeftFor Your EntertainmentCorpse Pose (Single version)Everything is WeirdSeen Not HeardNext ExitMKULTRAUsual DosageSwan