Before Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? the Unicorns released an album called Unicorns Are People Too. This first release is one of my favorite lo-fi pop albums. It's much flatter than Who Will Cut Our Hair, but it's just as melodic and poppy. Though the songs lack the over-tone of Jamie Thompson's drumming, they still bring the full presence of the Unicorns. It complimentars to their Alien8 debut in a way that Nick Thorburn's project Islands cannot. It shows the two writers Alden Penner and Nick Thorburn's collaboration at best, yet it you can still see the distinct differences between the too.
Many of the songs are early versions of Who Will Cut Our Hair songs. These repeats are worth having because of their minute, but still important differences. "I Was Born(A Unicorn)" is so cute on this record; it features sections that the other version does not and it omits the creepy talking part the Who Will Cut Our Hair version has. It also features non Who Will Cut Our Hair tracks like "I Do It" and "52 Favorite Things"(2 of my favorites.) You can really see what Alden added to the group with songs like "William, Clap Your Hands" and you can see how Nick evolved into the song writing that has become Islands-Return To The Sea. One of my favorite components of this album is the song "Thunder&Lightning", which is a primitive version of the Islands song "Swans." I highly reccomend early Unicorns recordings, especially this album.
P.S If you download Three Inches of Blood EP, "Do The Knife Fight" is one of my favorite songs of all time. :)
Unicorns Are People Too, Three Inches of Blood EP, and bootlegs are up for download here.
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