Unhome

Unhome was born in the Autumn of 1996, deep within the Garden of England.

They were originally active as a sextet with an added lead vocal courtesy of Alex Hancock, but after a year of emotionally fraught live shows, the extra vocalist was lost.

The remainder were a collection of casualties from many other bands including Big Pop Trotsky, Suction, Electric Sex Circus and post-hardcore underground faves Joeyfat.

Unhome's first recorded work featured on the unlabel 'Two' compilation alongside 10.5 Neuton, Flex, Cove and fourteen other groups from the south-east of England. Unhome's track 'Par Avion' received airplay on the John Peel show on Radio One.

Their debut album 'A Short History of Houses' was released in April 1999. Some of the music contained on the disc was inspired by the quintet's involvement in writing the score for a production of the life of Alma Mahler with the Muzikansky Theatre Co. in 1998, with whom they performed live - sharing the same stage - on a handful of occasions.

In January 2002 Unhome released the track 'Pine Tree' on a well-received split 7" with David Pajo under his Papa M moniker on the Awkward Silence label. Further tracks from various recording sessions have also been released subsequently on Unlabel's annual compilation CDs.

All of the members of Unhome are currently involved in other projects including the reformed Joeyfat, The Notorious Hi Fi Killers and Hunter's Loaf. Alexander Tucker has since toured with bands including Jackie-O Motherfucker and Bardo Pond and is currently working under his own name for All Tomorrows Parties Records, and so Unhome is suspended until further notice.

Other people said this about Unhome:

"A split single that pairs Dave Pajo's Papa M with UK post-rockers Unhome, is indeed a marriage made in heaven. While Pajo aches his way through a perfunctory piano-led take on Bob Dylan's masterful 'Mama You Been On My Mind', a track puzzlingly dropped from 1964s 'Another Side of Bob Dylan', Unhome's 'Pine Tree' shamelessly tributes Pajo as it caricatures his instrumental work with both Slint and Tortoise. Nice concept." (The Wire)

Unhome:
Alexander Tucker
Jason Dormon
Jon Richards
Philip Avey
James Booth
Alex Hancock

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Unhome's Unlabel Releases:



un003 'A Short History of Houses' CD album.

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Tracks appear on:



un046 Various Artists - 'Hundrum' compilation CD album.

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un040 Various Artists - 'un40rmulated' compilation 2xCD album.

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un027 Various Artists - 'Minus 27 and Counting' compilation CD album.

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un023 Various Artists - 'un23' compilation CD album.

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un017 Various Artists - 'un17' compilation CD album.

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un002 Various Artists - 'Two' compilation CD album.

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