Next Tuesday marks the official US release of Cut Off Your Hands’ debut LP, You & I. Due via Frenchkiss Records on January 20th, the album was recorded by Suede’s Bernard Butler, with an assist from Stephen Street on the Pitchfork-premiered “Turn Cold.” The day after the album’s long-anticipated stateside arrival, the band will be hitting North America with Barsuk Records indie popsters Ra Ra Riot, whose 2008 breakthrough The Rhumb Line, was, like You & I, a full-length answer to a string of promising EPs. Kicking off in Vancouver, BC at Richards on Richards, the run of dates slides up and down the West Coast with shows in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, and LA. And this is only the beginning, as the band is currently booking more dates throughout March and into SXSW 2009.
Check out “Turn Cold” from You & I
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Cut Off Your Hands Tour Dates
02-21 Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards
02-24 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
02-25 Seattle, WA - Neumos
02-27 San Francisco, CA - Independent
02-28 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
03-01 San Diego, CA - The Loft
w/ Ra Ra Riot
What The Press Is Saying About Cut Off Your Hands:
“Power-pop ooh-lahs, hip-rocking post-punk backbeats, and sleek guitar fingerings.” - Spin Magazine
“Swirling, elegiac punk.” - Dazed & Confused Magazine UK
“Honestly, what’s not to love? ” - NME
“Swooooon” - Vice Magazine
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You and I Tracklisting:
01 Happy as Can Be
02 Expectations
03 Oh Girl
04 Turn Cold
05 It Doesn’t Matter
06 Heartbreak
07 In the Name of Jesus Christ
08 Let’s Get Out of Here
09 Still Fond
10 Closed Eyes
11 Nostalgia
12 Someone Like Daniel
As Pitchfork recently reported, New Zealand new wavers Cut Off Your Hands are set to release their debut LP, You And I, in the US on January 20th. The record will be delivered via Frenchkiss Records, the home to Les Savy Fav, The Dodos and Passion Pit. Like the band’s sophomore EP, Blue on Blue, You and I was produced by Suede’s Bernard Butler, and features the bouncey, razor-sharp rock that’s been winning over fans since the 2006 release of the band’s self-titled debut EP. Check out the frantic video for “Expectations,” and the audio for the first single from the album, “Happy As Can Be,” below. Fresh off a string of successful CMJ shows, the band is currently touring Europe and Australia, before they’re slated to return to the US in 2009.
Watch And Share Cut Off Your Hands’ “Expectations” From You & I [Frenchkiss Records; January 20th]:
Download and Share Cut Off Your Hands’ “Happy As Can Be” From You & I [Frenchkiss Records; January 20th]
What The Press Is Saying About Cut Off Your Hands:
“Power-pop ooh-lahs, hip-rocking post-punk backbeats, and sleek guitar fingerings.” - Spin Magazine
“Swirling, elegiac punk.” - Dazed & Confused Magazine UK
“Honestly, what’s not to love? ” - NME
“Swooooon” - Vice Magazine
You and I Tracklisting:
01 Happy as Can Be (MP3)
02 Expectations (VIDEO)
03 Oh Girl
04 Turn Cold
05 It Doesn’t Matter
06 Heartbreak
07 In the Name of Jesus Christ
08 Let’s Get Out of Here
09 Still Fond
10 Closed Eyes
11 Nostalgia
12 Someone Like Daniel
Recent Frenchkiss signees, Cut Off Your Hands, are proud to present the Happy As Can Be EP, their first offering for the New York-based label, due this October. Available for download below, the eponymous single will also be featured on their much anticipated, Bernard Butler produced debut album, You and I, set for release in early 2009. A carousel of layered melodies and rhyming couplets, soaring over an insistent, cavalry-like drumbeat, Happy follows the successful Expectations, Cut Off Your Hands’ lead single released in late September. Expectations has not only received high rotation on Australia’s premier radio station, JJJ FM, but it was recently featured as the Australian iTunes Single of the Week. The track currently sits as the second largest download in iTunes SOTW history. Here’s hoping the same fate befalls Happy.
Download and share Cut Off Your Hand’s “Happy As Can Be” from Happy As Can Be EP [Frenchkiss Records; October 21st 2008]
In their short time on both record and stage, Cut Off Your Hands have built both their fanbase and media attention on a slew of melodic and downright memorable offerings. From the romantic naivety of songs like “Oh Girl,” to the speeding, hyper-love balladry of the pop-paean “Still Fond,” the four-piece have shown they’ve got what it takes to grab the world by its scruff and shake it into spinning, lovesick action. Late next month, the band will grab New York itself for a string of dates at the annual CMJ Music Marathon.
CMJ Dates:
10-21 New York, NY – The Delancy (New Zealand CMJ Showcase)
10-24 New York, NY – Cake Shop
10-25 New York, NY – Public Assembly
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