New Plastic Ideas

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Released March 21, 1994 Length 39:43 Release date 21 March 1994 Label Kill Rock Stars		Recorded November-December 1993 Artist Unwound Producer Steve Fisk

Studio Avast! Studios, Seattle WA New Plastic Ideas (1994) The Future of What (1995) Genres Post-hardcore, Noise rock, Indie rock, Math rock Similar Unwound albums, Post-hardcore albums

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New Plastic Ideas is the third studio album by the American post-hardcore band Unwound, released on March 21, 1994 by Kill Rock Stars.

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Recording and release

The album was recorded in between from November 26-28 and December 13, 1993 at Avast! Studios in Seattle, Washington. As pointed out in The Vinyl Factory's review for the album, New Plastic Ideas is a somewhat a step away from the feedback-ridden sound of its predecessor Fake Train and focuses more on melody and odd time signatures, although the band has stated that this was unintentional. The albums title was once thought of a reference to the artist Piet Mondrian, however as explained by guitarist Justin Trosper, the name was simply made up on the spot.

The album was released on March 21, 1994 through independent label Kill Rock Stars, their second full-length for the label. The album was issued on compact disc, vinyl, and cassette formats, and the front cover photo is taken from the Philippe Entremont record Grieg: Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra. According to Kill Rock Stars, the first 5000 CD copies of the album includes the typo of "Uwound" on the spine. After being out-of-print for years, the album was made available on LP format again when it was included (with Fake Train) on the band's 2014 boxset Rat Conspiracy.