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
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