Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation Explained

Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation
Type:	album
Artist:	Unrest
Cover:	Unrest - Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation.jpg
Recorded:	Fun City, NYC
Length:	44:22
Label:	Caroline
Producer:	Wharton Tiers
Prev Title:	Malcolm X Park
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Fuck Pussy Galore (& All Her Friends)
Next Year:	1992

Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation is the fifth studio album by Washington, D.C. indie band Unrest, released on February 15, 1990, by Caroline Records.^{[1] [2]} The band supported the album with a North American tour.^[3]

Critical reception

Reviewing a reissue of the album, the Winnipeg Sun wrote that frontman Mark Robinson "shows he was a precursor to both Pavement and [Jon] Spencer, spitting out songs that toggle between the skewed eccentricity of the former and the garage-rawk skronk of the latter... If you're looking for the missing link between Slanted and Enchanted and Orange—and we'll presume those titles ring a bell—Unrest should be on your want list."

Personnel

Adapted from the Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation liner notes.^[4]

Unrest

• Phil Krauth – drums
• Dave Park – bass guitar, guitar
• Mark Robinson – lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar

Additional musicians and production

• Wharton Tiers – production, recording
• Terry Tolkin – backing vocals

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1990	Caroline	CS, LP	CAROL 1399
	1999	No.6	CD	kar 046

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unrest – Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation . teenbeatrecords.com . 2012 . October 16, 2015.
2. David . Sprague . Unrest . . 2007 . October 16, 2015.
3. News: Kot . Greg . Future classics . Chicago Tribune . 11 Oct 1990 . Tempo . 8.
4. Kustom Karnal Blackxploitation . . 1990 . sleeve . . New York City.