It seems like quite some time since I’ve heard anything from Cut Off Your Hands. The band took 2 years off following extensive touring in support of their full length debut album, 2008′s “You & I”. I can recall back as far as 2007, when the band had only a couple solid EPs available and Zane Lowe was spinning “Still Fond” and“Expectations” on BBC1 with regularity.
With their sophomore album “Hollow” set to be released on July 19th via Frenchkiss Records , it seems as though we are getting a band that has matured and developed their sound into a more focused and nuanced one.The band really has come full circle, with 2 of the original band members leaving and ultimately returning to record the new album. The band had become burnt out from their industrious work and tour schedule and thus the name “Hollowed Out” as a track title, and ultimately worked into the album name. They went into the recording process still focused, but less intent on being world beaters. They opted to produce the album themselves this time around, instead of going back to producer Bernard Butler.
