Cut Off Your Hands are an indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 band from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 influenced largely by post punk and indie pop groups such as The Smiths, Gang of Four, Orange Juice, Talking Heads, as well as NZ post-punk of The Mint Chicks and This Night Creeps. The band formed in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 in 2006, originally comprising lead vocalist Nick Johnston, guitarist Michael Ramirez, bassist Phil Hadfield and drummer Brent Harris.

Band members

Current

• Nick Johnston – lead vocals
• Phil Hadfield – bass, backing vocals
• Brent Harris – drums, backing vocals
• Jonathan Lee – guitar, backing vocals

Former

• Michael Ramirez – guitar, backing vocals (2006–2009)

EPs

• Shaky Hands (August 2006, October 2007 in North America)
• Blue on Blue (July 2007
• Happy as Can Be (October 2008)
• Live at Lime presents Cut Off Your Hands (November 2008; digital download)

Singles

• "Still Fond/Closed Eyes" (8 October 2007; 7", digital download)
• "Closed Eyes (Remix)" (12 November 2007; 12", digital download)
• "Oh Girl/Turn Cold" (January 2008; 7")
• "Expectations/The Witch (Sonics cover)" (18 August 2008; 7")
• "Happy as Can Be" (2008)
• "Turn Cold" (23 January 2009)
• "You Should Do Better" (2011)
• "Fooling No One" (2011)
• "Hollowed Out" (2011)

External links

• Cut Off Your Hands at Twitter
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• Cut Off Your Hands Profile - NZMusic.com
• Cut Off Your Hands in SPIN's February Issue
• Cut Off Your Hands interview April 2009
• Prefix: article
• Spin: interview