Challenge for a Civilized Society
by Unwound
- Type: Album
- Released: 13 January 1998
- Label: Kill Rock Stars
- Country: United States
- Length: 46:27
- Community rating: 3.96/5 from 18 ratings
Artists on this release: Dave Carter, Justin Trosper, Sara Lund, Vern Rumsey
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Challenge for a Civilized Society', Unwound expands their post-hardcore sound into increasingly noisy and dissonant territories. The album is deeply misanthropic and apathetic, utilizing complex math-rock rhythms and sarcastic lyricism to deliver a bleak exploration of urban alienation and modern anxiety.
Genres
Descriptors: alienation, noisy, dissonant, abrasive, discordant, dynamic, lo-fi
Tracklist
- Data (3:33)
- Laugh Track (3:13)
- Meet the Plastics (3:12)
- The World Is Flat (4:34)
- Sonata for Loudspeakers (5:20)
- NO TECH! (1:42)
- Side Effects of Being Tired (9:00)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (5:09)
- What Went Wrong (8:34)
- (Untitled) (2:05)
Credits
- Unwound - primary artist
- Vern Rumsey - bass, electric piano [fender rhodes], sampler [eps], vocals
- Sara Lund - drums, percussion
- Kip Beelman - engineer
- Kevin Suggs - engineer [except august 15th]
- Justin Trosper - guitar, vocals, saxophone, human beatbox [univox beatbox], synth [synths]
- Roger Seibel - mastered by
- Virginia Benson - photography by [photo]
- Steve Fisk - producer [produced by], sampler [ensoniq eps], harmonium, organ [hammond m-3]
- Dave Carter - trumpet