Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?

by The Unicorns

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2014
Label:	Caterpillar
UPC:	0634457659612
Rank:	53446

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Unicorns   Primary Artist
Tim Kramer   Cello
Richard Reed Parry   Trumpet,Bowed Bass
Brendan Reed   Vocals,Voices
J'aime Tambeur   Drums
Alden Ginger   Bass,Tape,Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Melodeon,Recorder,Accordion,Keyboards,Toy Organ,Toy Piano,Percussion,Synthesizer,Arp Echoplex,Drum Machine,Glockenspiel
Deanna Fong   Vocals,Voices
Nick Thorburn   Bass,Tape,Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Melodeon,Recorder,Accordion,Keyboards,Toy Organ,Toy Piano,Percussion,Synthesizer,Arp Echoplex,Drum Machine,Glockenspiel
Randy Peters   Clarinet,Penny Whistle
Joellen Housego   Fiddle,Violin
Maxime Pellisier   Clarinet

Technical Credits

Mark Lawson   Mixing,Engineer
The Unicorns   Composer,Engineer
Spencer Brewer   Composer