{"id":2434,"date":"2014-10-27T11:48:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T15:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2014-11-04T13:13:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T18:13:53","slug":"unwound-no-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/unwound-no-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwound <br>No Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unwound-no-energy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2436 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unwound-no-energy.jpg\" alt=\"Unwound, No Energy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unwound-no-energy.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unwound-no-energy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Chapter three, <i>No Energy<\/i>, in which Numero Group continues their quest to convince us of Unwound&#8217;s undiminished greatness. Let me cut to the chase: this is my least favorite of the three entries thus far. Surely, I&#8217;m in the minority, but the highs among these collected tracks just aren&#8217;t as breathtaking as the savage vistas unleashed in the previous two collections. <i>No Energy<\/i> collects Unwound&#8217;s fourth and fifth albums, <i>The Future of What<\/i> and <i>Repetition<\/i> (both released by Kill Rock Stars), and related b-sides, live cuts, etcetera. The band we hear on those two albums seems downright professional compared to the scrappy howlers showcased on <i>Fake Train<\/i> and <i>New Plastic Ideas<\/i>. A little less staccato, a little more drone, a little less ferocity, a little more melody. \u201dI\u2019m getting old,\u201d is the primary complaint in \u201cNatural Disasters,\u201d and that track is a great example of how the band seems to have been maturing, which sometimes translates into surprisingly safe choices.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of high points on <i>The Future of What<\/i> if you want the loud, hard stuff, specifically \u201cEqually Stupid,\u201d which balances dissonant riffs with a strange kind of pretty, the title track, and &#8220;Here Come the Dogs.&#8221; \u201cDescension\u201d (great title) milks the slow-fast formula that was dominating alt-rock in 1994\u201395 and takes it to a hardcore extreme. It&#8217;s the perfect marriage of a song to its sound. The chorus shouts, \u201cWe\u2019re always sinking,\u201d so naturally the song rides a slow build of horrid bass notes. However, the album also includes less inspired, mid-tempo sludge like \u201cNatural Disasters\u201d and \u201cRe-Enact the Crime.\u201d The year being 1994, they even include the obligatory five and a half minute late-album sad-sackery, \u201cDisappoint,\u201d and it does.<\/p>\n<p><i>Repetition<\/i> has fewer missteps, though the band occasionally loses momentum and starts sounding positively scrungy. It\u2019s hard not to notice the track lengths creeping up and \u201cLowest Common Denominator\u201d and \u201cNext Exit\u201d both suffer from mid-90s bloat. And while \u201cSensible\u201d is a nice distraction, it&#8217;s a shame to think how well it would fit on that Mad Season record. Thankfully, the album kicks off with \u201cMessage Received,\u201d which has much of what the last album was missing, and concludes with \u201cFor Your Entertainment,\u201d which sounds like exactly the band Unwound were trying to be at this point. It&#8217;s compelling, raw, forceful, dynamic, epic, emotional, and situates them right on the unacceptable edge of the decade&#8217;s marginally acceptable stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter three, <i>No Energy<\/i>, in which Numero Group continues their quest to convince us of Unwound&#8217;s undiminished greatness. 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