Blog: Chewing gum for the ears

Cut Off Your Hands hail from New Zealand, and are just now releasing their debut LP, entitled You and I , in the States last week on Frenchkiss Records. The trio play infectious power-pop-punk in the vein of The Fratellis, Franz Ferdinand, or The Wombats and are set to complete their introduction to the U.S. with some tour dates here starting in February. The group's frontman, Nick Johnston, had the following to say about the record: "Our pop sensibility has come lately. (While writing the record) I was listening to a lot [...]