Label: Southern Lord
Released 2017
New York City’s UNSANE assisted in pioneering a more aggressive, less studied version of noise rock, one that blended the scum/art industrial sturm und drang of FOETUS, the SWANS, EINSTURAZENDE NEUBAUTEN, and SONIC YOUTH with a decidedly more straightforward hardcore idiom. While developing the blueprint for noise bands to follow, UNSANE cut a remarkable swath through underground music, inspiring a devoted, cult-like following around the globe. As a power trio, UNSANE relied upon a hammering, power-press rhythm section, a searing Telecaster howl, and distorted vocals that resembled a chainsaw cutting a steel beam. March 2012 saw the band’s Wreck full-length out on Alternative Tentacles, and 2017 now sees them signed to Southern Lord for the release of Sterilize.
Track listing:
- Factory
- The Grind
- Aberration
- No Reprieve
- Lung
- Inclusion
- Distance
- A Slow Reaction
- Parasitic
- Avail