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Delusions of Adequacy

Those without a stomach for a little humor in their music will surely thumb their noses, but for everyone else, this is essential listening: a whip-smart band of originals, living with death, throwing coconuts at the rest of us from greener pastures.

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PopMatters

Genuinely great pop music that's experimental, catchy, and, most of all, weird.

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Dusted Magazine

The Unicorns manage to polish an array of pawn shop instruments into miniature masterpieces.

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No Ripcord

The Unicorns’ Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? defines indie-pop, laden with hooks boasting a charmingly lo-fi sound devoid of pretensions and true to whatever whimsy their muse has stricken them with.

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Drowned In Sound

The mood is buoyant, the instrumentation is varied and the childlike naivety runs rampant throughout.

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Pitchfork

They rival The Shins, or The Magnetic Fields, or any of the innumerable indie touchstones, but what truly sets Who Will Cut Our Hair apart is the near-total absence of traditional verse/chorus/verse framework in their songs; to nail beautiful, memorable lines with such remarkable ease is a feat unto itself, but to do so in essentially formless compositions is a different class of achievement entirely.

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Stylus Magazine

The Unicorns’ schtick isn’t very difficult to see through; they’re grown adults writing children’s songs for grown adults.

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Tiny Mix Tapes

A consistent, immediately catchy album that holds up after repeated listens.

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Splendid

Although much of the album sounds amateurish, and sometimes painfully so, the Unicorns regularly remind us that it's all shtick.

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New Musical Express

It's the sound of people having fun. [4 Dec 2004, p.55]

Junkmedia

To be sure, there is an ironic smirk clinging to much of Who Will Cut Our Hair..., but there is also the subtle beatings of unpretentious sympathy and maverick potential.

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Playlouder

It’s improbably refreshing to hear musicians that were clearly weaned on Frank Zappa, Supertramp and ELO messing things up and having a laugh.

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Uncut

The schizophrenic tone changes recall the experimentation of Deerhoof, yet the overall sound is as natural as The Flaming Lips. [Jan 2005, p.132]

Mojo

Their patchwork approach to psychedelia recalls the shoestring ingenuity of cult mid-'90s act Neutral Milk Hotel. [Jan 2005, p.104]

All Music Guide

Strangely lovable and lovably strange, sort of like a lo-fi version of the Flaming Lips.

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Drawer B

I’m just astounded by how bad this album actually is.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 21 User Votes

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gref gave it a10:
Apparently stagnation in current musical production and composition, is completely reflected in the stale, unsophisticated musical sense of the entertainment review industry. A truly innovative and impressive album, with all the joy and unpretentious excitement of youth. Also Les Os, I Was Born, Tuff Ghost, The Clap, Jellybones and Let's Get Known fucking rock.

James M gave it a10:
I'm amazed that the this only recieved a 77! its an indie rock classic, this album changed my musical taste from lame emo/hardcore music to indie rock... the 9.3 users score speaks for itself

Dennis gave it a10:
The last minute and a half of "Les Os" might just be the best little bit of music ever composed. Absolutely brilliant album.

Hunter B gave it a9:
I'll start by saying that this is the most original, unique, genuinely real album that I've heard in ages. I won't complicate things by going on and on about the record's greatness, but I will say one thing: buy it. Now.

djm gave it a9:
Only people that love this album will bother to rate it, thus the perhaps undeserved high score. As one of them, however, I have to say that the lo-fi and absurd catchy hooks are just great. "I was born a unicorn", "ready to die", "inoculate the innocuous", "jellybones", "tuff gho st" are the most standout tracks.

Mike H gave it a9:
Somewhere in the asshole of my eye theres' a muscle that relaxes when I cry....Fucking brilliant imagery and so much fun. Reminds me of the days when I would lay on my bedroom floor staring at the ceiling day dreaming of impossible feats and drooling.

sarah r gave it a10:
lalalla its the best indie band ever they rock my sox ~sarah <333333

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