CIWWAF Australian Street Team

Cute Is What We Aim For

Cute Is What We Aim For are such a brilliant band that we've decided to make an Australian Street team for them. We're going to do everything we can to get as many people here to know the band, and hopefully get them touring here!
Cute Is What We Aim For started out as a small project in Buffalo, New York, and in 2005 evolved into a full and successful band.
Having paired off in other local combos – singer Shaant Hacikyan and guitarist Jeff Czum in one, bassist Fred Cimato and drummer Tom Falcone in another – Cute Is What We Aim For came together, driven by the four members’ desire to cast their own upbeat spin onto modern pop. “We just wanted to do something that was fun and refreshing,” Shaant says. “Something different, with catchy melodies and a lyrical twist. Our mantra, our mission statement, was let’s be ourselves – let’s be fun, but let’s be deep and intelligent at the same time.”
It is said that the name came about through a conversation Shaant had wtih Jeff over the phone. Shaant had been using the term "cute" in high school as another word for "cool", and in a phone conversation Shaant states "Cute is what we aim for" in reference to picking a name, and the band decided to use that phrase.
Their debut album "THE SAME OLD BLOOD RUSH WITH A NEW TOUCH" was recorded in February 2006 with producer Matt Squire [Panic! At The Disco, Thrice].
“The record is about the everyday ins-and-outs of social cliques,” Shaant explains. “It’s about the pressure that they put on you, to live up to something that you’re not, to be somebody that someone else wants you to be.”
Bassist Fred Cimato left the band in October 2006. He was replaced by former October Fall member Jack Marin. However, in April 2007, it was revealed that Marin had left the band and Cimato had returned in order to replace him.
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