| | Unicorns Who Will Cut Our Hair When We've Gone? CD Unicorns Discography of CDs
 (5 Customer Reviews)
Like their moniker implies, the Unicorns are whimsical, riding in a mythical world of lo-fi experimental pop. The Montreal trio (with help from several friends) is strangely lovable and lovably strange, sort of like a lo-fi version of the Flaming Lips. Bookended with the titles "I Don't Wanna Die" and "Ready to Die" (which abruptly ends the album), Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? has some accessible moments, while balancing some ambitious ideas with synths, recorder, pennywhistle, and clarinet. "I Was Born (A Unicorn)" best sums up their mindset: "We're the unicorns/We're more than horses/We're the unicorns and we're people too." Add to that a trilogy of songs that somehow ties together something about ghosts and a song that critiques U.S. foreign policy and you've got an idea of the range here. Even if their shows supposedly involve puppets, homeless people, or fighting bandmembers, these unicorns are, for the most part, real. ~ Kenyon Hopkin
Recording information: Bread Box (06/2003-07/2003); The Bread Box Concrete!, Montreal, Canada (06/2003-07/2003).
Personnel: Nicholas "Niel" Diamonds, Alden Ginger (vocals, guitar, accordion, recorder, toy piano, melodeon, keyboards, synthesizer, glockenspiel, drums, drum machine, percussion); Deanna Fong, Brendan Reed (vocals); Tim Kramer (cello).
Audio Mixer: Mark Lawson.
Uncut (p.132) - 3 stars out of 5 - "The schizophrenic tone changes recall the experimentalism of Deerhoof, yet the overall sound is as natural as The Flaming Lips."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]heir patchwork approach to psychedelia recalls the shoestring ingenuity of cult mid-'90s act Neutral Milk Hotel." Who Will Cut Our Hair When We've Gone? Music | List Price | $15.98 (You save $4.69) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Alternative, Lo Fi, Dance | | Label | Alien8 Recordings | | Orig Year | 2003 | | All Time Sales Rank |  17267  | | CD Universe Part number | 6678975 | | Catalog number | 41 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 16, 2004 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | The Unicorns; Mark Lawson | | Personnel | Brendan Reed - vocals
Tim Kramer - cello
Alden Ginger - vocals, guitar, accordion, recorder, toy piano, melodeon, keyboards, synthesizer, glockenspiel, drums, drum machine, percussion
Deanna Fong
Nicholas "Niel" Diamonds
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Unicorns Who Will Cut Our Hair When We've Gone? Songs Who Will Cut Our Hair When We've Gone? Music Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)   Magically Delicous
On this, their debut, The Unicorns present the year's best blast of sloppy pop fun. From start to finish "WWCOHWWG" bumps and slithers with innovative hooks, instantly catchy lyrics and insanely hi-fi, lo-fi production. There's really not a slack cut on the record and it flows together to create a seamless whole that shakes and shimmies to its own persistently odd and endearing worldview. I dare you not to love this.
Submitted by scorch (Vicksburg, Mississippi) 
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Loved it
Along with the others, I must say that this album is simply awesome. Every track is just great. To be honest, after owning this prior, loaning it out & not having it returned nearly 2 years later, I chose to repurchase this CD without a seconds hesitation.
The Unicorns: Who Will Cut Our Hair When We've Gone: So good, I bought it twice!
Submitted by Gevin (Sugar Land, Tx, 77478)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Wonderful
The most beautiful, eerie, indie rock (sometimes pop) trip you can take :).
Submitted by whowillcutourhairwhenweregone (Canada)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  2004 album of the year - fer real, man
THAT is all you need to know. i defy you not to totally love this record.
Submitted by hola tequila (New York, New York)
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Best album of 2003
In my opinion this is one of the greatest albums ever
produced. The songs are so creatively written that they
leave you wanting more. Some notable songs that I fell
in love with the first time I heard them..."Child
Star", "Tuff Ghost", "Ghost
Mountain", "Innoculate the Innoculous"
and pretty much every other song on the album. Overall,
I think that they are newest, freshest band out there
since Ween, and they haven't made it
"big" yet, which makes them even cooler. Give
them a listen...you won't regret it.
Submitted by Tim (Glenmoore, PA)
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