Largely based in Olympia throughout the 1990s, the trio consisting of Lund, Trosper, and Rumsey recorded seven albums, plus numerous singles, and toured relentlessly until the band's dissolution in 2002.

Often classified as noise rock in addition to post-hardcore, Unwound played a sharply dissonant and angular style that made use of unusual guitar tones, and garnered attention locally for their relentless touring schedules, favour towards "all ages" venues and their strong DIY ethics.

[5] Plans for a reunion were repeatedly brought up and shot down throughout the 2010s due to Rumsey's continuous health struggles, and ultimately never occurred before his death in August 2020.

In July 2022, Trosper and Lund reformed Unwound for a 2023 tour in Rumsey's memory, with Jared Warren filing in on bass and Scott Seckington on guitar.

[10] During Giant Henry's downtime, Justin Trosper and his friend Adam Shea formed another duo, Supertanker, while Brandt Sandeno played the guitar in Glad.

[15] Unwound embarked on a 37-date tour of the United States in support of the album as a expanded five-piece, with the inclusion of guitarist David Scott Stone and Brandt Sandeno re-joining the band on keyboards.

The fact that they broke up on April Fool's Day fueled speculation that they would, in actuality, remain together; an early band T-shirt had the inscription "Unwound 1991–2091".

Sara Lund formed Hungry Ghost with Andrew Price from the Irving Klaw Trio as well as joining The Corin Tucker Band.

The meeting led to the trio seriously considering reforming the band, though this was struck down when Trosper and Lund realised that Rumsey was still struggling with his alcoholism, which made them reluctant to play shows.

It was clear he [Rumsey] was just annoyed and it wasn’t a wake-up call", Lund later recounted to Pitchfork in 2022; "I came away from that meeting like, 'Well, I guess we’re not gonna play.

[5] In March 2020, Jared Warren of Big Business, Melvins, and formerly of Unwound's one-time labelmates Karp, rehearsed with the band on bass to positive results.

[6][22] On July 11, 2022, the band launched an Instagram account and posted a teaser video, which was crossposted to the Numero Group's social media channels.

The next day, the band announced a 2023 reunion tour; Trosper and Lund enlisted their Nocturnal Habits bandmate Scott Seckington to complete the new lineup on guitar and keyboards.

[23] Unwound's first concert in 21 years was a surprise show that took place on January 28, 2023 at a dance practice center in Astoria, Oregon, to a crowd of 200 ticketholders.

[27] Unwound's influences included Sonic Youth, Melvins, Fugazi, The Jesus Lizard,[28] Hüsker Dü, Black Flag, Mission of Burma, Wire, Gang of Four, Joy Division,[29] Wipers, Can, Nation of Ulysses, and Flipper.

Unwound's early work was characterized by intense vocals, jagged guitar lines, and more complex drumming than the band's peers.

It shared stages over the years with the likes of the following, with earliest known date in parentheses: Bikini Kill ('90), Steel Pole Bath Tub ('91), Universal Order of Armageddon ('94), Versus ('94), Clikatat Ikatowi ('95), Sonic Youth ('95), Polvo ('95), Fugazi ('95), Hovercraft ('96), Lowercase, Polar Goldie Cats, Deerhoof ('98), Mogwai ('99), Slug, The PeeChees ('98), Chokebore, The Most Secret Method ('99), Yind ('99), Blonde Redhead ('95), Dub Narcotic Sound System, xbxrx (who formed after attending an Unwound concert in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1998) (2001), and many more (members of Unwound and Yind occasionally performed live as "avant-Sverige" "supergroup" Shag Bath).

During their last tour before disbanding, the band enlisted David Scott Stone as an additional guitarist and original drummer Brandt Sandeno on keyboards, percussion and guitar.

This meant that they would often choose to play at unconventional locations such as basements, Jaycee halls, and college auditoriums, rather than at the traditional 18+ or 21+ (alcohol-serving) music clubs.

He sometimes played a clear Lucite (Plexiglas), Electra or Ventura, Japanese budget copy of the expensive originals designed by Dan Armstrong and produced by Ampeg.

[citation needed] The front cover photo to New Plastic Ideas is taken from the Philippe Entremont record Grieg: Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra.

According to Fred Thomas of AllMusic, despite being "[a]nnexed to the less mainstream channels of indie releases, low-budget touring, and a circuit of basement and underground shows, Unwound still managed to create some of the more influential and lasting work of their era, with their cloudy moods and explosively tense group dynamics culminating in some truly transcendent albums.

Not just because of how prolific, consistent, and uncompromising it was, but because of how perfectly Unwound nested in a unique space betweenn [sic] some of the most vital forms of music that decade: punk, post-rock, indie rock, post-hardcore, slow-core, and experimental noise.

In another sense it was the loudest, sculpting raw noise into contorted visions of inner turmoil and frustration.Heavy metal magazine Decibel recognized them as an influence on bands "like Botch, Young Widows, KEN Mode, Coliseum, Helms Alee and so on and so forth.

"[36] Conrad Keely of ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead named Fake Train one of 10 albums that had changed his life forever, stating that it had "epitomized America's disaffected, self-hating white middle-class guilt victims screaming about the fact that they have nothing to do with their time other than be bored, nothing to speak out against other than their own ennui and unwarranted discontent.

"[38] Modest Mouse were recognized by many sources as being influenced by the band,[8][39][40] and Isaac Brock's label Glacial Pace would later go on to release albums by both Survival Knife & Nocturnal Habits.

[41][42] Other bands & musicians that have cited Unwound as being an influence on their music include Speedy Ortiz,[43] Gouge Away,[44] True Widow,[45] Dirty Dishes,[46] Drumcorps,[47] Black Dice,[48] Garden Variety,[49] Pg.

Trosper and Sandeno, who have collaborated musically since the mid-80's, helmed an experimental venture called Replikants (not to be confused with the band Replicants, which featured members of Failure and Tool).

Inspired by John Cage, Can, and Miles Davis, they combined jazz, ambient music, tape loops, musique concrète and vocal samples atop a krautrock-propelled base.

In 2010, Lund became drummer of The Corin Tucker Band, on which she works along the former Sleater-Kinney vocalist and guitarist, as well as with the Golden Bears' Seth Lorinczi.