Unwound - New Plastic Ideas (Black Vinyl) Molchat Doma Protomartyr

Protomartyr

the cathartic four-on-the-floor of ‘world’s greatest emoter’ and the festival tent psychedelia of “Hi-fiver” need little in the way of exposition – these are exhilarating rock songs

Kala (the first release was named after her freedom-fighting father

From the off-kilter

which hit with the subtlety of a sledgehammer

Unwound - New Plastic Ideas (Black Vinyl) Molchat Doma ProtomartyrAn album Maximum Rock 'N' Roll deemed not punk enough to review, Unwounds 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 loving older sister to Fake Train's post punk obsessed little