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please answer:
1) is repetition the best unwound album?
No, despite the fact that I was hanging out at the Lucky 7 house, where Justin lived, a whole lot when this came out, and I probably feel more nostalgia for it than any Unwound album because of those days. I think Leaves Turn Inside You is their masterwork. Repetition was their breaktrhough album as far as going from merely being an incredibly good post-punk band to becoming a very experimental one, and it is probably my second favorite. Leaves is just impossible to top (which I've always felt is part of why they broke up, though nobody in the group has ever said that or anything.)
2) what is your favourite song on repetion?
"For Your Entertainment" I think that's Justin's best lyric maybe ever.
3) what sort of opinion does the album generally generate?
Most people that like the band love it, but I'm always surprised how different people's favorite Unwound album always is even among diehard fans.
4) is the artwork your favourite of all unwound releases?
No, I think the artwork on Leaves is my favorite, but then the artwork on Fake Train arguably most perfectly captures the spirit of the group as it was just something Justin had thrown together in his room at the Lucky Seven house that they decided looked cool.
5) is repetition the most accessible unwound album?
Parts of it are, but then parts of it are pretty experimental and out there, like "Go to Dallas and Take a Left". Fake Train is really more "accessible" to punk rockers, New Plastic Ideas is more "accessible" to noise rock fans, and "Leaves Turn Inside You" is more "accessible" to ambient and post-rock fans, but all of their albums are Unwound being Unwound and I don't think they ever pandered to any audience (in fact "Corpse Pose" strikes me as a direct slap in the face of the average Romulan nodding but otherwise not moving at one of their shows.)
6) if you were to be stranded on an island and could take only 10 albums with you, would repetition be one of them?
No, but I would miss it. As much as I love those guys, I'm not sure I'd bring one of their albums if I could only take ten out of everything ever recorded. I think they'd understand. I might take Leaves Turn Inside You though.
7) would you like to say/discuss anything else about repetition?
I think it is probably Steve Fisk's finest job producing a rock album.
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