Ian MacKaye Remixes 7 Seconds’ New Wind For New Trust Records Reissue

Trust Records has announced a special reissue of 7 Seconds’ classic hardcore punk album New Wind that also includes Change in My Head, a new remix of the LP by Ian MacKaye—the album’s original producer—and Inner Ear Studios’ Don Zientara. New Wind and Change In My Head will be sold as one release, available across all digital retailers and in stores on May 23 via Trust. Listen to the previously unreleased song “Change in My Head” below.

Change in My Head is billed as a unique snapshot of the essential Reno band that restores never-before-released tracks from their New Wind recording sessions in 1985 in addition reimagining the songs that originally made it onto the tracklist. Ahead of its release, 7 Seconds frontman Kevin Seconds and MacKaye will hold an in-person conversation about the making of New Wind and Change in My Head on April 15 at Los Angeles’ Brain Dead Studios.

“The whole time period, between the winter of 1985 and all throughout 1986, was arguably the most important and life-changing period for 7 Seconds,” explains Kevin Seconds. “We all were starting to feel like the adults that we fought so rigorously to never become. Members were getting married, having kids, trying to hold down real jobs and face responsibilities while still maintaining our so-called “hardcore cred” and attempting to feel relevant. It was an incredibly emotional and complicated time for all of us but man, did it ever make us tough and more determined to do what we wanted to do as creative people and as a band.”

Back in 2018, 7 Seconds called it quits after a 38-year-long run, citing drummer Troy Mowat’s injuries as well as bassist Steve Youth’s struggles with sobriety and his mental health. Their breakup didn’t last too long, though, because 7 Seconds got back together in 2022 for a North American tour with Circle Jerks and Negative Approach.

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