Aw, I wish I would have seen this. This is def my favorite Unwound album, and one of my favorite records of the decade so far. I would have trouble deciding between "One Lick Less" and "Below the Salt" and "We Invent You"
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
no votes for "Summer Freeze" or "Look A Ghost" = o_O
― if you like it then you shoulda put a donk on it (bernard snowy), Sunday, 22 March 2009 02:32 (fifteen years ago) link
not a bad track on this albumSummer Freeze definitely deserved a votei went with Scarlette, though
― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Sunday, 22 March 2009 02:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't believe "One Lick Less" didn't get a vote. Such a beautiful song.
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Sunday, 22 March 2009 03:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I've owned this album since it was released (I bought it on the strength of positive reviews & recommendations etc). I've always been well-disposed towards it, but I've never really got it. I'm now tempted to give it (yet) another listen. Maybe one day it will click.
― Duke, Sunday, 22 March 2009 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Unbelievably, I still think this is OTM. Man, nice point Z S
I'm pretty sure I'd rank this as one of my top 10 of the decade. Every year I get obsessed with it for a few months and think I've finally blown my wad, but sure enough I buy a new calendar and there it is again, every day. What a wonderful note to go out on. Did any of them ever record anything after this?
― "goof proof cooking, I love it!" (Z S), Saturday, 31 July 2010 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Via TinyMixTapes, the band is releasing a live double LP of Leaves Turn Inside You:
Unwound are showing off some artifacts from their last tourdates in 2001 and 2002: videos, interviews, fliers, all that jazz. Plus new t-shirts! This museum never closes, you gum-chewing, naked freak; you can sit and listen to Unwound live shows all damn night long if you want. But if that’s not enough for you, on December 11, the band is also releasing a live double LP version of their 2001 masterpiece, Leaves Turn Inside You, consisting of live performances from their final tour. Each track was recorded by Unwound superfan and bootlegger, Mike Zeigler — a fella referred to as “The Kid” and deeply devoted to Nirvana and rock ‘n’ roll in general — who accompanied the band on their final tour.
Info on the album here: http://unwoundarchive.com/live-album/
― Evan R, Monday, 26 November 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
Wtf @ my two fav songs ("Look a Ghost" & "Summer Freeze") not garnering a single vote -- I musta been asleep for this one
― you don't know james blunt's "you're beautiful" (bernard snowy), Monday, 26 November 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
... oh I already said that upthread haha
― you don't know james blunt's "you're beautiful" (bernard snowy), Monday, 26 November 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
hey unwound dorks, the live set is streaming here:
https://soundcloud.com/unwound-archive/live-leaves/s-MKdXt
very much worth listening to.
― dexpresso (Z S), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 03:05 (eleven years ago) link
just scored a relatively cheap copy of Empire and marvelling at this album all over again. one of the best-paced and sequenced double LPs ever made, I reckon.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
for whatever reason i was imagining running for political office and someone asking during an interview what my favorite album was and thinking this would be a good answer.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
not *too* obscure, no objectionable content; your campaign manager has signed off.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 02:43 (five years ago) link
Such a great album. I need to hear it again, it's been too long.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 05:59 (five years ago) link
Thought the revive was about the reissue by Numero Group.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:00 (five years ago) link
Just got back into this one recently (after pulling the MP3s from the hard drive of my old computer, hah). I'm kind of obsessed with the backwards guitar on "October All Over" -- Maybe the best imitation of Sonic Youth (weird/moody/sexy/menacing) by any band that isn't Sonic Youth?
The live album sounds good, too (though I've only listened on the execrable Bandcamp mobile app, which never fails to introduce awkward pauses between tracks/sometimes randomly skips over a track)
― bernard snowy, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 12:02 (five years ago) link
"demons sing love songs" reminds me of the maze music from "golgo 13: top secret episode"
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
how tf did Look a Ghost get no votes???????????????????????????????????????????
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
probably the song i've played the most from this
have no idea how i'd even narrow the choices down tho, let alone pick one
― lowercase (eric), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link