Cut Off Your Hands
The new breed of old New Romantics from New Zealand. A couple of tracks from the imminent new album are already circulation, plus a free EP from the band’s Facebook page. The thrill of the new is balanced by the “Heard this all back in high school” factor. But honestly, such a mix of earnest heartstring-pulling and synthesizer-nostalgicizing is hard to pull off, and Cut Off Your Hands don’t waste a single echoing “Wooooo.”