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Repetition is the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore band Unwound, released on April 9, 1996 by Kill Rock Stars. The album has been hailed as a masterpiece among those in the punk rock scene. The album received positive reviews from music critics. AllMusic reviewer Blake Butler described Repetition as the band's "most sleek and mood-encompassing album." Megan McCarthy of CMJ New Music Monthly opined that the album features "a sound that is polished and paced, tethering its bass-driven ferocity to tingling melodies", but also admitted that some songs such as "Fingernails on a Chalkboard" are too repetitious. Matt Ashare, writing for Boston Phoenix, stated that Repetition "mixes in a dub-heavy instrumental reminiscent of early PiL ('Sensible'), a high-pitched feedback frenzy buoyed by a stark funk backbeat ('Fingernails on a Chalkboard') that recalls Gang of Four's 'Anthrax', elegant Tom Verlaine-style guitar lines, and skronk punctuated by synth noise that harks back to the heyday of Captain Beefheart ('Corpse Pose'). The likes of Rancid and Green Day pale in comparison to the challenge of Unwound: this is the real punk rock."
Fantastic post-hardcore album by Unwound. I like Leaves Turn Inside You a bit better, though this one is a great listen too. Compared to the latter album it still has more up-tempo and edgy songs. I really like the baselines and the shaky vocals.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Unauthorized autobiography, Go to Dallas and take a left, For your entertainment
The opening track made me fear I wouldn't like it very much. But from the next song on, it was much better
Very strange album. I think I would've liked it more if the vocals weren't constantly drowned out by all of the instruments.
I generally liked this - I spent a lot of the time while listening to trying to figure out what it reminded me of. Pavement, Minutemen, and Sebadoh all came to mind, not bad company as far as I'm concerned, though a harder edge on this. As is so often the case in this genre, it loses me somewhat in that I cant make heads nor tails of 90% of the lyrics. And without being able to distinguish the words, my ear can only interpret the vocals as another instrument - and as an instrument they're not that great nor expertly wielded.
Repetitive
Decent punky rock
I didn't hate all of it.