History Music / Unwound

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* ''[[NewSoundAlbum Leaves Turn Inside You]]'' (2001)

* RockTrio: Two guys and a girl who made some intense music.

[[caption-width-right:350: The band during their final year: L to R - Vern Rumsey, Justin Trosper, and Sara Lund]]

Unwound was a PostHardcore band founded in Tumwater and Olympia, Washington. While never garnering mainstream success, they were highly regarded in the post-hardcore scene due to their bizarre and abstract sound, their fierce DIY ethic, and their endless touring (even going as far as to allow "all ages" shows).

Never the less, Unwound's held a big cult following to this day, with fans hoping for a reunion, with only recent reissues by each band member (along with box sets) being released. Then, much to the surprise of everyone, a reunion was announced in 2022, with Jared Warren of the Music/{{Melvins}} taking up bass duties. A tour of the United States was announced for spring 2023, which sold every date out almost immediately.

* Justin Trosper - vocals/guitar/keyboards/saxophone (1991-2002)
* Vern Rumsey - bass/vocals/keyboards (1991-2002, died 2020)
* Sara Lund - drums/percussion/vocals (1992-2002)

* LongRunnerLineUp: They only had ''one'' drummer leave and even on an album that wasn't released till 1995. As a result, the band's line-up stayed together until the band's end in 2002. And even then, fans still hold true to the famous "1991-2091" message. With the death of bassist Vern Rumsey, it's pretty much assured there will be no reunions.

* TraumaCongaLine: [[https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/r3z53k/unwound-will-never-reunite-so-get-over-it In an interview with Noisy]], Justin and Sara confirmed that the recording and touring for ''Leaves'' was not a good time for anybody, and even was a factor in the band's break up, adding to everyone's drinking problem (especially with Vern), the band's end was inevitable. Sara and Justin did reunite during the compiling and releasing of the box sets, and even felt like they could do a reunion, but they decided against it due to the fact the two had long changed after years apart as Unwound.

--> ''i'm inventing you''
--> ''save your grace''
--> ''i'm coming to...''

They started off as a normal project with a strange sound with their debut ''Fake Train'' all the way to ''New Plastic Ideas'' and got progressively more experimental with later albums such as ''Repetition'' and ''Challenge for a Civilized Society''. But the album that ''truly'' cemented Unwound's diverse sound was their eighth and final release: ''Leaves Turn Inside You'', a double disc album featuring an incorporation of PostRock into their sound, and was met with acclaim and praise for it's sound and existential and surreal lyrics.

Never the less, Unwound's held a big CultFollowing to this day, with fans hoping for a reunion, with only recent reissues by each band member (along with box sets) being released. Then, much to the surprise of everyone, a reunion was announced in 2022, with Jared Warren of the Music/{{Melvins}} taking up bass duties. A tour of the United States was announced for spring 2023, which sold every date out almost immediately.

* Vern Rumsey - bass/vocals/keyboards (1991-2002)

Never the less, Unwound's held a big CultFollowing to this day, with fans hoping for a reunion that will never come, with only recent reissues by each band member (along with box sets) being released. Then, much to the surprise of everyone, a reunion was announced in 2022.

Never the less, Unwound's held a big CultFollowing to this day, with fans hoping for a reunion that will never come, with only recent reissues by each band member (along with box sets) being released.

In the world of PostHardcore, there's no doubt about that you'll hear the name Unwound. And with ''good'' reason.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their main genre was PostHardcore, but you wouldn't think that compared to the combination of PostRock, NoiseRock, and other genres.

!! TV Tropes on a chalkboard...

!! TV Tropes on the Chalkboard...

* LyricalDissonance: "Look a Ghost" features a vibrant, almost [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles-esque]] arrangement, but is about a vengeful ghost returning from the grave to murder you.
* MadnessMantra: ''Finger nails on the chalk board, finger nails on the chalk board...'' off of ''Repetition''.

* SingleStanzaSong: "Finger Nails On the Chalkboard".

* GainaxEnding: "Who Care" on ''Leaves Turn Inside You''. Depending on your mood when you listen, it can either be a surprisingly funny reprieve from the 74 minutes of hopelessness you've just listened to, or it can be really creepy in a way that's hard to put your finger on.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Leaves Turn Inside You'' had much more darker instrumentation and sound, and that's not getting to the incredibly bleak lyrical themes.

* LongRunnerLineUp: They only had ''one'' drummer leave and even on an album that wasn't released till 1995. As a result, the band's line-up stayed together until the band's end in 2002. And even then, fans still hold true to the famous "1991-2091" message.

* TheAlcoholic: All three of them, and it's believed it lead to the band's end in 2002.

* ApocalypseHow: "Terminus" seems to describe this. ''We think''.

[[caption-width-right:350: unwnd during their final year: L to R - Vern Rumsey, Justin Trosper, and Sara Lund]]

Unwound was a PostHardcore band founded in Tumwater ''and'' Olympia, Washington. While never garnering mainstream success, they were highly regarded in the post-hardcore scene due to their bizarre and abstract sound, their ''very'' fierce DIY ethic, and their endless touring (even going as far as to allow the "all ages" for their shows).

They started off as a normal project with a strange sound with their debut ''Fake Train'' all the way to ''New Plastic Ideas'' and got ''weirder and weirder'' with later albums such as ''Repetition'' and ''Challenge for a Civilized Society''. But the album that ''truly'' cemented Unwound's diverse sound was their eight and final release: ''Leaves Turn Inside You'', a double disc album featuring impressive experimentation such as PostRock of all things in a Post-Hardcore project, to a huge amount of acclaim and praise for it's sound and existential and surreal lyrics.

Shortly after the release of the album, Unwound ended it's run on April 1st, 2002, but to the shock of everyone, especially to those who thought they were joking and not serious (due to it being on April Fools and the fact early band shirts had the phrase "unwound 1991-2091"). The reasons of the band's break up have never been fully explained but it's been mentioned a couple of times by Sara and Justin that it was over drinking problems, relentless touring, the effects that 9/11 had on each member, and coupled with the band suffering burn out after ''[[ToughActToFollow Leaves]]''.

Never the less, Unwound's held a big CultFollowing to this day, with fans more or less hoping for a reunion that will never come, with only recent reissues by each band member (along with box sets) being released.

* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted with Lunn. She gave some ''impressive'' and amazing drumming and her skills were essetial to the band's sound, but she herself is a pretty calm and relaxed invididual.

* HarshVocals: ''At times'', but became less and less apparent in the band's later albums. It showed up again in "Scarlette", which is even then overshadowed by the instrumenation.

* LastNoteNightmare: "Who Cares", despite it being a polka number after the usual rock stuff, does give a sense of uncomfortableness after a journey of somber and bleak nature.
* LongRunnerLineUp: They only had ''one'' drummer leave and even on an album that '''wasn't released till 1995'''. As a result, the band's line-up stayed together until the band's end in 2002. And even then, fans still hold true to the famous "1991-2091" message.

* '''NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly''': Their main genre was PostHardcore, but you wouldn't think that compared to the combination of PostRock, NoiseRock, and the experimental style.

Unwound was a PostHardcore band founded Tumwater ''and'' Olympia, Washington. While never garnering mainstream success, they were highly regarded in the post-hardcore scene due to their bizarre and abstract sound, their ''very'' fierce DIY ethic, and their endless touring (even going as far as to allow the "all ages" for their shows).

They started off as a normal project with a strange sound with their debut ''Fake Train'' all the way to ''New Plastic Ideas'' and got ''weirder and weirder'' with later albums such as ''Repetition'' and ''Challenge for a Civilized Society''. But the album that ''truly'' cemented Unwound's diversive sound was their eight and final release: ''Leaves Turn Inside You'', a double disc album featuring impressive experimentation such as PostRock of all things in a Post-Hardcore project, to a huge amount of acclaim and praise for it's sound and existential and surreal lyrics.

Shortly after the release of the album, Unwound ended it's run on April 1st, 2002, but to the shock of everyone, especially to those who thought they were joking and not series (due to it being on April Fools and the fact early band shirts had the phrase "unwound 1991-2091"). The reasons of the band's break up have never been fully explained but it's been mentioned a couple of times by Sara and Justin over drinking problems, the relentless touring, the effects 9/11 had on each member, and coupled with the band suffering burn out after ''Leaves''.

* XtremeKoolLetterz: The band's later logo was just the band name spelt "UNWND".