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Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the second album for the lo-fi indie-pop trio based in Montreal, Canada.

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I Was Born (a Unicorn)
DIAMONDS I was born a unicorn I missed the ark but I could've sworn you'd wait for me GINGER I was born a unicorn I could've sworn you believed in... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    The mood is buoyant, the instrumentation is varied and the childlike naivety runs rampant throughout.
  2. Dusted Magazine
    90
    The Unicorns manage to polish an array of pawn shop instruments into miniature masterpieces.
  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    90
    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.
  4. Splendid
    80
    Although much of the album sounds amateurish, and sometimes painfully so, the Unicorns regularly remind us that it's all shtick.
  5. Junkmedia
    75
    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.
  6. Uncut
    70
    The schizophrenic tone changes recall the experimentation of Deerhoof, yet the overall sound is as natural as The Flaming Lips. [Jan 2005, p.132]
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  7. Drawer B
    10
    I’m just astounded by how bad this album actually is.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. gref
    Aug 12, 2007
    10
    Apparently stagnation in current musical production and composition, is completely reflected in the stale, unsophisticated musical sense of 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.… Expand
  2. deadkitty
    Nov 11, 2011
    10
    This album is beyond amazing. It's songs are great by themselves and have some awesome hooks. Every song is through-composed, which speaks forThis album is beyond amazing. It's songs are great by themselves and have some awesome hooks. Every song is through-composed, which speaks for The Unicorns' compositional skills. As great as all the songs are by themselves, however, it only gets better. Upon listening to this album about 20 times, I realized that it's also carries a loose theme and tells the story of The Unicorns' acceptance of death. The early songs on the album speak of how great it is to be alive and the feats of the living, but after "I Was Born A Unicorn" it takes on a tone that praises death and an acceptance and almost embracing of the inevitable.… Expand
  4. JohnA
    Apr 1, 2004
    10
    My first 10 ever. Brilliant album. Can't stop listening...
  5. Dennis
    Feb 28, 2007
    10
    The last minute and a half of "Les Os" might just be the best little bit of music ever composed. Absolutely brilliant album.
  6. MikeH
    Apr 6, 2006
    9
    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 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.… Expand
  7. HunterB
    Jan 6, 2007
    9
    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 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.… Expand
  8. CurranF
    Mar 9, 2004
    8
    Rockin'

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