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The Unicorns were an indie pop band from Montreal, Canada, formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn|Nicholas "Nick Diamonds" Thorburn and Alden Penner, who were later joined by Jamie Thompson.
The band self-released their debut album ''Unicorns Are People Too'' in March 2003 through their own record label Caterpillars of the Community, with a limited press run of 500 copies.
In October of the same year they went back into the studio, recording several new songs as well as reworking a number of songs from their debut. The resulting second album, ''Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?'', recorded by Mark Lawson (audio engineer)|Mark Lawson in Montreal, was released in November 2003 on the label Alien8|Alien8 Recordings. It was a notable departure for a label that has traditionally released albums by Avant-Garde and highly experimental artists such as Acid Mothers Temple and noise pioneer Merzbow.
The album received glowing reviews from ''The Village Voice'', ''NME'', online magazine Pitchfork Media|P... read all
