Unicycle Loves You

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Press
Mirror,Mirror - Village Voice

October 21, 2011

“In Unicycle songs—which somehow manage to combine “mid-tempo” with “high-octane”—you might encounter trace amounts of My Bloody Valentine, Belly, Guided By Voices, Of Montreal, the High Water Marks, the Fiery Furnaces, The Strokes, and Belle & Sebastian, bathed in Carroll and Vitale’s mawkish, harmonized sarcasm and concentrated bursts of effects-pedal napalm.”

Mirror,Mirror - Itunes Review

September 7, 2010

“The Chicago group intertwines cheeky humor and romantic obsession in musical settings influenced by such disparate new wave and post-punk acts as Wire, ABC and Mazzy Star. Mirror, Mirror is a rich sonic confection.”

"25 Must-Hear Artists from the CMJ Festival" - SPIN Magazine

October 23, 2009

Sounds like: A mix-tape of indie rock's best eras, from reverb-drenched Cure guitar lines to New Pornographers-esque boy-girl harmonies.

Recommended if you like: New Pornographers, Guided by Voices

You should know: Despite its sunny sound, the band's debut album was recorded in the dead of Chicago winter.