Unwilling to Explain

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Unwilling to Explain
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Studio album by
Unknown Instructors
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2019 [1]
RecordedDecember, 2011 [1]
Venue
  • Bisquiteen, Amherst, MA [1]
  • Casa Hanzo, San Pedro, CA [1]
  • Cleanest Dirty Shirt, Toledo, OH [1]
  • tHUNDERpANTS, San Pedro, CA [1]
Genre Experimental rock, improvised music
Length43:35 [1]
Label ORG Music [2]
Producer Mike Watt, Dan McGuire [1]
Unknown Instructors chronology
Funland
(2009)		Unwilling to Explain
(2019)

Unwilling to Explain is the fourth album by American improvisational band Unknown Instructors, [3] featuring Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE), [3] George Hurley (Minutemen, fIREHOSE), [3] J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), [3] and Dan McGuire. [3]

Contents

It was the first Unknown Instructors album that wasn't improvised [4] [5] and the first to feature Mascis on guitar instead of Baiza. [5] [6] The recording took quite some time with Watt recording bass tracks in 2011 and Hurley laying down the drums the following year. [7] Mascis' guitar work was recorded three years after that with Dan McGuire's vocals following. [7]

Reception

David Arnson of Music Connection called it "truly interesting" but warned "Your mileage may vary on the Tom Waits- and Bukowski-influenced bop narration. The real take- away is Mascis’ fluid and expressive guitar work." [8] Razorcake's Michael T. Fournier praised it saying it "hangs together better than any of the group’s other records I’ve heard." [7] Mark Hughson of Jersey Beat said "If you’re into on-the-fly jazz rock you’ll be hard pressed to find better indie star power." [9]

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Unknown Instructors – Unwilling to Explain". AllMusic . Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Unknown Instructors: Unwilling to Explain". Org Music. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dan, Jen (January 28, 2019). "Song Premiere: "Acquainted With The Night" by Unknown Instructors". Rebel Noise. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  4. ↑ Cohan, Brad (May 2, 2012). "Q&A: Mike Watt On Snapping Pics In San Pedro For on and off bass, The fIREHOSE Reunion, And Playing Stooges Covers". The Village Voice . Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 "Song Premiere: "Out in the Cold" by Unknown Instructors". The Big Takeover . February 11, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  6. ↑ "october 31, 2018". Mike Watt's Hoot Page. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 Fournier, Michael T. (May 20, 2019). "UNKNOWN INSTRUCTORS: Unwilling to Explain: LP". Razorcake . Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  8. ↑ Arnson, David (April 24, 2019). "Album Review: Unwilling to Explain by Unknown Instructors (7/10)". Music Connection . Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  9. ↑ Hughson, Mark. "Avoid Electric Shock". Jersey Beat. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
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