Cut Off Your Hands (formerly Shaky Hands) however, have defied all reason and pricked the ears of many with their raw riffs and rampant rhythms, their energy comparable to those of Punk popsmiths Klaxons and The Pigeon Detectives, be very excited for these New Zealanders who are about to shake your world.

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Order You and I and receive a free link to download Cut Off Your Hands' EP immediately at checkout! VINYL FORMAT. Give him a wall, he'll scale it like Spiderman. Give him an air conditioning funnel in the ceiling, he'll crawl it like Alien. Give him a balcony, he'll launch himself from it like a suicidal base-jumper. Give him an audience, he'll mosh his way through them like a human cattle-bar. Give him a pop song, he'll croon it. Give him a gig, he'll tear the living, beatin   [ read more ]

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Order You & I and receive a free link to download Cut Off Your Hands' EP immediately at checkout! Give him a wall, he'll scale it like Spiderman. Give him an air conditioning funnel in the ceiling, he'll crawl it like Alien. Give him a balcony, he'll launch himself from it like a suicidal base-jumper. Give him an audience, he'll mosh his way through them like a human cattle-bar. Give him a pop song, he'll croon it. Give him a gig, he'll tear the living, beating heart out of i   [ read more ]

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INSOUND EXCLUSIVE! 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 last September. This comes as no surprise really. In their short time on both record and stage, Cut Off Your Hands have built both their fanbase and media hyperbole on a slew of melodic and downright memorable offerings. From the romantic naivety of songs like 'Oh Girl', to the speeding, h   [ read more ]

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