Unsane Returns!

First new album in over 5 years. And it's going to be a bloody good time... including a huge tour with The Melvins.

By Blurt Staff

Legendary NYC rock powerhouse UNSANE has completed work on its long awaited new album, titled "WRECK". Their seventh full length, it gets a March 20 release date via Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label. 

      Recorded by the band and producer Andrew Schneider at Brooklyn's Translator Audio (Pelican, Keelhaul, etc.), "WRECK" is described by the label as "an unfettered burst of pent up emotions and frustrations channeled into song and an unflinching glance into a type of life others probably should not lead....  darkly abrasive and poetic music delivered with a fearsome intensity."

     "Making the album "WRECK" has been amazingly cathartic. Not only musically, but personally," comments vocalist/guitarist Chris Spencer. "Writing with Dave (Curran, bass) and Vincent (Signorelli, drums) is always great, and having been together so long made it easy to focus on what musically and lyrically would sum up this period of time. Recordings about modern urban life. The constant noise, confrontation, stress and alienation that goes with it, and the dysfunctional ways people try to deal with it. The death, drugs, attempted suicide and completely degenerative behavior of those around us really left a mark. I really was feeling like I needed to get it out of my system. There are some moments of redemption, but more often than not things did not end well. As the world population reaches seven billion it's impossible not to feel the overcrowding."

Track listing:

          1.) Rat
          2.) Decay
          3.) No Chance
          4.) Pigeon
          5.) Metropolis
          6.) Ghost
          7.) Don't
          8.) Stuck
          9.) Roach
         10.) Ha Ha Ha (* Flipper cover)

     Upon the release of the new LP, Unsame will team up with The Melvins for what promises to be one of the year's most anticipated underground rock tours. The like-minded bands will launch the 21 city trek on April 11 in San Jose, CA and will collaborate on an über-limited tour 7" EP featuring each band covering a song from the other. The tour-only vinyl release will feature cover artwork from Amphetamine Reptile Records founder Thomas Hazelmyer. 

Tour Dates:

 April 11     San Jose, CA            The Blank Club
     April 12     San Francisco, CA     Great American Music Hall
     April 13     Los Angeles, CA        The Troubadour 
     April 14     San Diego, CA           Casbah
     April 17     El Paso, TX                House of Rock
     April 19     Austin, TX                  Mohawk
     April 20     Houston, TX               Warehouse Live
     April 21     New Orleans, LA        One Eyed Jack's
     April 23     Orlando, FL                The Social
     April 24     Gainesville, FL            Double Down Live
     April 25     Atlanta, GA                The Loft at Center Stage
     April 26     Charlotte, NC              Amos' Southend
     April 28     West Chester, PA       The Note
     April 29     New York, NY             Webster Hall
     May 1       Milwaukee, WI             Turner Hall Ballroom
     May 2       DeKalb, IL                   Otto's Nightclub
     May 3       St. Louis, MO              The Firebird
     May 4       Nashville, TN                Exit In
     May 7       Dallas, TX                    Trees
     May 9       Santa Fe, NM              Santa Fe Brewing Company
     May 11     Santa Ana, CA             Galaxy Concert Theatre