An album Maximum Rock 'N' Roll deemed
not punk enough to review, Unwound's 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 postpunk-obsessed
little brother
