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Blue vinyl with gatefold cover

First there was Kyuss: the original desert-cum-stoner rock band that virtually defined this important underground movement of the early ’90s, only to disintegrate before reaping their just rewards, leaving hundreds of orphan followers and artists as living proof of their influence. Then there were offshoots: guitarist Josh Homme launched his Queens of the Stone Age with original Kyuss bassist Nick Oliveri and latter-day drummer Alfredo Hernandez, while vocalist John Garcia and bassist Scott Reeder set forth with Unida. Both bands released independent albums to close out the decade then parlayed their well-deserved acclaim into separate major-label deals. Unida’s debut album Coping With The Urban Coyote marks a sharp musical turn for singer/songwriter/guitarist John Garcia, toward straight-ahead hard rock and away from his artier work in Kyuss and Slo Burn. Songs like Thorn and Blackwoman are loud, propulsive rock excursions, featuring Garcia’s emotive, classic rock singing, and only the relatively gentle finale You Wish sees Unida vary from the tried-and-true hard rock formula.

Track listing:
1. Thorn
2. Black Woman
3. You Wish
4. Human Tornado
5. If Only Two
6. Nervous
7. Dwarf It