There are few bands that called New York City home in the late ’80s that hit as hard or as loud as Unsane. The trio’s uncompromising approach to live performances and their punchy, heavy mix of punk and metal serve as the DNA for many of today’s noise metal acts and starting next February, the forebears are coming home to show ’em how it’s done.
Starting in Alberquerque, New Mexico and ending at Austin, Texas, Unsane’s North American tour spans 20 days and brings their destructive force to a long list of venues west of the Mississippi.
The last time we wrote about Unsane on MetalSucks, we reported on Chris Spencer’s decision to leave the band and focus on his other project, Human Impact. At the time, it spelled certain doom for the noise rock act, but a certain twist of fate called the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to a sound that Unsane was all too well equipped to produce once Cooper (Made Out of Babies) and Jon Syverson (Daughters) joined the mix.
“During the pandemic, me and my friends Cooper and Jon started playing the early Unsane material for fun. Now that the lockdown is over, we’re super excited to get out and play this stuff for people. The new line-up is much more high energy as is the early Unsane material. We’re fucking psyched to get out there!”
The band is currently on tour in Europe and the U.K. And while they’re stoked to head back to the U.S. for a run of shows, Spencer said their time so far playing old material has allowed him to reconnect with the band he helped form all those years ago with original members Pete Shore and Charles Ondras.
“For me, getting to play the early material that I had written during a super chaotic period in my life and the city of New York feels amazing. Unsane never did a majority of this stuff after Charlie passed away, so to have the chance to revisit it now really brings back a lot of the personal shit that was going on at the time. The uncompromising nature of the material is nightly catharsis that is much needed after the shutdown of the pandemic!”
If you want to catch Unsane on the road this coming February, check the list below to see if they’ll be assaulting a venue near you.
Unsane North American Tour:
2/6/2023 Albuquerque NM – Launchpad
2/7/2023 Tucson AZ 191 – Toole
2/8/2023 Tempe AZ – Yucca Tap Room
2/9/2023 San Diego CA – Casbah
2/10/2023 Los Angeles CA – Zebulon
2/11/2023 Costa Mesa CA – The Wayfarer
2/14/2023 Albany CA – Ivy Room
2/15/2023 Sacramento CA – Cafe Colonial
2/17/2023 Seattle WA – El Corazon
2/18/2023 Portland OR – Mississippi Studios
2/19/2023 Boise ID – Neurolux
2/20/2023 Salt Lake City UT – Urban Lounge
2/22/2023 Denver CO – HQ
2/23/2023 Omaha NE – Reverb Lounge
2/24/2023 Kansas City MO – Record Bar
2/25/2023 Dallas TX – Amplified Live Bar & Grill
2/26/2023 Austin TX – Lost Well
