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Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

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by DiS News
Artists: The Unicorns
Canadian oddball indieists The Unicorns have disbanded.

Despite only recently releasing their debut record ‘Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone’ in the UK on Rough Trade last November, the four piece have agreed that they will not be working together for the foreseeable future.

A senior source close to the band (don’t you love that phrase?) said ” ...don't know if this is a permanent decision, but for the time being they are no longer going to work together. My sincere hopes are that they will work through their differences and come together to make music with each other. I think at the very least they owe it to themselves. That being said, the most important thing is that they take some time and figure out what they want out of life and the music world.

For the record, their last record (review appearing in the album review’s section later today) was really rather decent.

Photo above was a Sonia Melot effort.


Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

How strange, and i was only talking about them on the board yesterday. Tis a shame. Fucking brilliant their album.

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

Nooooooooo! (have never heard the unicorns but im on a roll here)

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicor

I'd be more upset if I hadn't known for a while, but Mclusky AND the unicorns, both dead?

I'm giving up.

Re: Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicor

Yeah, I'd heard about the unicorns already. mclusky is a bit of a shock.

Not good at all...

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicor

2005 - already the year of great bands splitting after too few albums, and we're only 10 days in. Who's next? The Shins? Lightning Bolt? The Wrens?

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

gutting . . . weren't they planning to transform into a hip-hop production team, or was that just a joke (via pitchfork)???

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

all bad things come in three

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

Dammit!

Now their hip-hop project will never happen...

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicor

i heard this was a joke. has the icarus line split up been confirmed by anyone yet?

Re: Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicor

Worst monday ever! It's an indie funeral!

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

two on one day!

curious to know who this 'senior source' is?
i forwarded this to an australian music site
and got totally dissed for not naming names.
sheesh.
try to forward bad news and look what happens!
but hey person who wrote the news - where did that come from? 'cause i can't see anything on their site.

and yep i've heard the rumours for awhile now.

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicor

i put this solely down to my review of 'who will cut our hair...' being ignored/rejected by DiS.

i hope you're proud of what you've done.

Re: Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Un

ha. look at that. there it is.

only it's been written by someone else. apparently.

Re: Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Un

agh. christ, sorry. ignore all that.

rip, oh uni-horned canadians.

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicor

good riddance. they were a talentless bunch of one-tick scenesters. rot in hell you losers, and take your shitty bag of "indie-irony" with you.

Re: Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Un

Do you actually like any bands?

Re: Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicor

word up poptart. i had the luxury of watching them behave like little fucking babies in seattle (twice) last year. too bad, 'cause before i met them, i thought they were the dopest. great example of giving kids too much, too soon. i'd be more than happy to cut nick's hair, whether he's interested or not.

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

definitely will miss these guys. aside from being one of the most creative and best bands out in recent times, they are some of the nicest guys you'll meet.
R.I.P. unicorns.

p.s. gotta love the hate too...
"say....let's get known
if we keep it up, we'll show the haters
it's gonna be soon not later "

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

I can't seem to post a comment on the Mclusky thread so will do it here:

Raggy Arsed Shit bags I wanted Mclusky to go on and on and become poroperly famous - it was possible. That pisses me right off that does.

tits.

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

This is not jolly news. blee

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

Blimey, the first band to release an album that got me ridiculously excited since 93, and they've gone. God, why can't people just get on, the sods, they were perfect!

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicor

But they haven't...

Twas all a joke.

Who will cut their hair now they're gone? - Unicorns split

i heard taht they were breaking up AFTER they released the new album...