Deemed not punk enough by Maximum Rock ’N’ Roll to be reviewed, Unwound’s second album, released in 1994, was a veritable bombshell, taking aim at both major label grunge and independent hardcore. From the off-kilter and dizzying rhythm of “Entirely Different Matters” to the dazzling velocity of “What Was Wound,” and the relentless pounding at the end of “All Souls Day,” *New Plastic Ideas* is the Sonic Youth-loving older sister to *Fake Train*, the younger brother obsessed with post-punk.