The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds Ep468: Justin Trosper of Unwound
Oct 14, 2024
01:03:08
Justin Trosper of Unwound discusses the band’s resurgence, vinyl reissues, intergenerational fanbase, reflections on maintaining artistic integrity and what may be next for the band.
Topics Include:
- Unwound’s upcoming debut in Australia this November
- Thoughts on Unwound still generating excitement after all these years
- Younger fans connecting with Unwound’s music, seeing it as new and relevant
- Artistic purity and maintaining integrity
- Other band's covering Unwound - obligatory Melvins reference
- Working with Kill Rock Stars and the freedom they had
- Recording Leaves Turn Inside You - Making MagRecOne recording studio
- Working with Numero Group, developing boxsets
- Finding materials, tapes, artwork for vinyl reissues
- 4 boxsets: Kid Is Gone, Rat Conspiracy, No Energy, Empire - anything missing?
- Unwound has an archival ethic - UnwoundArchive.com
- Relationship with Vern after Unwound's breakup
- Lots of video and unexplored tapes
- What happened to the cover art for "Fake Train"?
- Is there the possibility of new material from Unwound?
- Does Justin still collect records?
- I'm sending Justin some records
- Playing the "Guess the Runout Groove Etching" game with Justin
- Interview wrap up
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