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Wall of sound. The term oft used to describe Canadian's UNCUT. Vocalist Ian Worang built Uncut with Sam Goldberg, Derek Tokar and Jon Drew and come to CHEAP DATE Records courtesy of our friend's in Toronto, PAPERBAG Records ( Broken Social Scene/Stars/Tokyo Police Club).
Giving out a propulsive explosion of energy reminicent of Jesus and Mary Chain the band have received much critical appraise. So what does critical praise get you these days? The ear of Bob Mould evidently, indie-rock legend and ex-Husker Du founder, Mould asked Uncut to open for his 2006 tour, which was, according to Uncut "the loudest series of shows we’ve ever been to."
After two years of regular touring and sharing the stage with Death From Above 1979, Dinosaur Jr., Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Trail of the Dead and Clinic to name but a few, and playing at both CMJ and SxSW… Uncut has evidently arrived at their new sound: LOUD.
Loud like early ‘90s touchstones Swervedriver and Dinosaur Jr, the cascading guitar squall, pounding rhythms and basslines are all capable of peeling the skin off your face.
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Through all of this hard work, the foursome found their live legs, playing off each other and creating an intense, connected stage presence. This shines through on 'DARKHORSE E.P' featuring 2 tracks taken from forthcoming album 'MODERN CURRENCIES' which also features long term friend Melissa Auf Der Maur of Smashing Pumkins and Hole fame on backing vocals. And if you missed their massive track 'Kiss Me' featuring on MTV's flagship series 'The Hills', then you should flog yourself in public. I mean, like, come… on!!
The band will be touring the UK to support the album. Check out their website at:
www.thenewviolence.com
www.myspace.com/uncutband |
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"Husker New, anyone? Canadian foursome Uncut have a similarly fine way with brittle belligerence ("Let's just kill all the living" opines opener 'Darkhorse'), labyrinthe melodies (see the epic 'Out of Sight') and artfully fractious strums (particularly 'Chainfight'), making this a minor post-hardcore masterclass."
- Rocksound Magazine
"These perennially underappreciated local noisemakers from Paper Bag Records are, for my money, the country's best guitar-upon-guitar band. A fierce live act when they're firing, too."
- Toronto Star
"New Cities, one the most intense tracks to come out of Canada this year."
- Chart Attack
"Surely this is the record that will finally elevate Uncut to the level of notoriety enjoyed by some of its lesser Toronto indie-rock compatriots."
- Toronto Star
"Their driving, propulsive, rock-solid tunes have always impressed me, but with the release of this song on their new album "Modern Currencies", the band has exploded, coming up with what might be a late contender for the best-of lists of 2006."
- Grant Lawrence / CBC Radio 3
"Uncut sounded like they might make (the venue) collapse under the weight of the band's sheer volume."
- Michael Tedder / CMJ
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"Modern Currencies is one the most inventive and creative albums of the year."
- Amplifier Magazine
"Every wannabe rocker who took a side alley left of the dial just to avoid Nickelback Drive and Metallica Terrace, has wished they could be in a band as cool as Uncut."
- antiMUSIC.com
"...you kind of get the feeling that Uncut could explode into a million pieces of musical chaos... somehow they don't and they manage to have enough pop sense to actually write tunes around all this insanity that are catchy, memorable, and very good."
- Pacific Coast News
"I can honestly say, hand on heart, that Uncut now seems to shine beyond many of the classic alternative rock musicians they list as influence."
- Milk Milk Lemonade
"No sophomore slump with this gem of an album."
- PopMatters
"This group acts as if it’s all simple but I dare say that you can’t produce something this extraordinary without paying a hell of a lot of attention."
- Smother.net
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