Unwound - Kid Is Gone (Box Set)
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Kid Is Gone is the unquiet portrait of primal Unwound. Before 1993’s Fake Train ripped through, they’d been Giant Henry, Supertanker, and Cygnus X-1, short-lived black holes gathering dark material into something built to explode. From Justin Trosper, Vern Rumsey, and Brandt Sandeno’s first restive years, “Crab Nebula” might’ve best prepared the indie-sphere for what Unwound became, had Sandeno’s split not stalled their planned debut. Part 1 in Numero’s 4-part reissue project, Kid Is Gone documents signal chaos in Olympia’s fertile scene before Unwound’s turbulent noise hit stride, in unrevealed period photos, 34 tracks, and three LPs—cassette-only demos, early 7”s, a KAOS radio broadcast, material tracked live in a local basement, and all of what became 1995’s Unwound, on which the band’s prehistory plays out in a feral maelstrom of screaming, distortion, feedback, and abrasive promise.
- 1 Antifreeze
- 2 LD-50
- 3 You Bite My Tongue
- 4 Kid Is Gone
- 5 Lying at Best
- 6 Kany Korn Rituals
- 7 Caterpillar
- 8 Bionic
- 9 Prospect
- 10 Fingertips
- 11 You Speak Jealousy
- 12 Crab Nebula
- 13 Awkward (Radio Broadcast)