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“It’s a raw, dark, sexy and dangerous celebration of rock’n’roll.” - Punk Planet
“FOUR STARS…recommended without reservations.” - All Music Guide
“FOUR STARS…New York City garage-punks deeply in love with their late 70s forbearers. Unsacred Hearts' debut has more character, range and potential than most. A strong first effort if there ever was one. The #3 EP of 2004” - Punk News
“The Unsacreds excel at punchy rhythms and jittery riffage.” - The Village Voice
“Unsacred Hearts showcase the type of versatility many of the one-trick ponies in the scene sorely lack, a strength that combined with the stellar songwriting makes for an interesting listen you’ll reach for again long after 2004.” - The Deli
“The Unsacred Hearts play gritty, noisy rock nuggets.” - Time Out New York
“Soulfully piledriving blues punk seen through the eyes of some drugged out southern cowboy” - Smother.net
"This seven-song, self-titled CD has some sharp claws. It's a great rock album in the spirit of old NYC." - Coolfer
“I can honestly say that listening to the Unsacred Hearts EP makes me shiver a little bit…loud, catchy, good rock music you don’t have to be pretentious about.” - Combustication
“Really rockin, feel-good dance-punk” - READ
Discography
Unsacred Hearts s/t EP-Serious Business Records 2004
Unsacred Hearts/Man In Gray split 7"-Serious Business Records 2005
In Defense of Fort Useless LP-Serious Business Records-coming Fall 2005
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Bio
The Unsacred Hearts believe in rock and roll. They draw from a wide range of influences: formative punk rock, outlaw country, warped ’60s blues, Dylan rhymes and gutbucket soul to name a few. These and other musical strands are apparent in Unsacred Hearts music but never supplant the band’s own original noise. They play music that is loud and raw without forfeiting intelligence or experimental drive.
They grew up together in Blue Point, NY (65 miles east of NYC on Long Island’s south shore) and have operated in various formations since 1995, including most recently the power pop outfit Cold Memory. After that band dissolved, Joe Willie, who had been serving only as outboard lyricist, usurped the microphone and led the band to its current vision.
Soon after forming in late ‘03, they resolved to record their new music. Holed away in The Shack, a concrete bunker in a nondescript parking lot in Long Island City unequipped with plumbing or heating systems, the Unsacred Hearts crafted their self-titled EP. The Unsacreds’ explosive split 7” single with comrades in rock Man In Gray has also just been issued.
Unsacred Hearts shows are sweaty, beer-soaked joy rides through rock and roll past and future and have summoned comparisons to Mitch Ryder, Guided By Voices and the Ramones.
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