If Wire were transposed onto the indie landscape of the 90s, amidst Pavement and brit-pop, they would be Unwound. Essentially a hardcore band, they spanned the entire decade evolving hardcore into post-hardcore. They were still going strong in 2001 also, when the Jade Tree scene had splintered into many a half-assed project. 1993's Fake Train and 94's New Plastic Ideas have a essentially hardcore punk feel to them, marrying the intensity of Indian Summer with the hooks of Cap'n Jazz. Their 11 year run with Kill Rock Stars would advance from their, however. By the Future of What, recorded during the releasing of New Plastic, they would begin advancing into the realm of post-punk indie, embracing sounds like the final lo-fi bell tolls and stuffy drums on Excuse Me...But Pardon...My French. Next they dug out their 1st EP from '92 and self titled it, releasing it in '95 and the following year released Repetition. Repetition laid on the thick, melodramatic indie which sounded not far from Sonic Youth or their pacific northwest cohorts The Wipers. Moving closer to the chrysalis of their sound, Repetition along with Challenge for a Civilized Society and Leaves Turn Inside of You would mark them as truly post-hardcore. Leaves is one of the best examples of the genre, and clocking in as a double disc at about one and a half hours, it is something of a post-hardcore/punk suite.
