New Plastic Ideas is the fourth studio album by the American post-hardcore band Unwound, released on March 21, 1994 by Kill Rock Stars. It was recorded by Stuart Hallerman and Steve Fisk at Avast! studios from November 26-28 and December 13, 1993. All songs were written and performed by Unwound. "Abstraktions" is an instrumental. "The first 5000 or so" (according to Kill Rock Stars) CD copies of New Plastic Ideas accidentally say "Uwound" as the band name on the spine.