Unrest - Imperial F.F.r.r.

Unrest was band that was active during the early 1990s. It was formed out of Washington. The first album that the band put out was called “Tink of Southeast”; it was heavily entrenched into the sounds of hardcore. But the sounds on that album were still very refined that somehow gave them their own little niche on the scene. Then over the course of the next two albums their sound evolved and the band moved a little further away from the hardcore scene. In 1993 this album was released, which saw the band completely over-hauling their sound. The album contains “pop” songs but their arrangements are more worthy of jazz albums. A lot of interesting instruments were employed for the sounds found on this album like wine glasses half filled with water to produce the sounds, some weird keyboards. Acoustic guitar has been played with such a vengeance that it constantly evokes The Velvet Underground but the atmosphere created over here is dreamy. The band picks up the idea from The Talking Heads of how to make brilliant pop albums and evolves that idea to make the music found on this album simply majestic. Mark Robinson sings like that he is on a verge of either an emotional breakdown or filled with optimism. Philip Krauth keeps up the pace on his drums with his jazzy detours.

The album contains majestic pop numbers like “Suki”, “Cherry Cream On”, “Isabel”, “I do believe you are blushing”. Equally enthralling are the instrumental songs “Champion Nines”, “Firecracker”, “Sugarshack”. Half way through the album “Loyola” takes us for a psychedelic ride, which continues with “Yes, she is my skinhead girl”. In short the album sounds like a meeting point of Tim Buckley’s dreams, Van Morrison’s dramas and The Talking Heads pop sensibilities. Please give it a listen and let me know what you think about it.

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