The Known Unknowns have been described as "leviathans with piercing guitars, jerky vocals and demonic bass lines" (Gigwise) and write spiky distinctive and inventive songs about misinformation, drinking, kerb-crawlers, jargon, singer-songwriters, ambulance chasers, hyperbole, why being in a band is rubbish and vacuum cleaning.
Their music has been compared to T-Rex, Bloc Party, the Fall, Joy Division and, although the Lord alone knows why, Metallica. In any case, the band strives to make guitar music where creativity isnt confined to finding the right band to steal from and matching it with the right jacket.
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"The contageously jingling 'Junior' rips apart limbs, tears through braincells and implants itself firmly within your soul.... In short, I like this band." - Pow Pow Pow magazine
"Imagine the falls best meandering moments fused with the dance pomp of Talk Talk at their bleakest mixed with the Melodic bent of Pulp on a very good day" - Jeremy Chick - Subba-Cultcha
"...they have something to say, but they understand that its a message more likely to find favour if wrapped round with the kind of slinky, but snaggy riffs found on Who Needs the Pouring Rain? The Known Unknowns are fucking top" - Unpeeled
"...each song exudes intelligence and is teeming with creativity. The Known Unknowns need to be known" - Gigwise
"More like this please" - Russells Reviews
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The video below was directed and produced by wiz kid Rob Munday. It was shortlisted in a London film festival and premiered at The Renoir in Bloomsbury - Nov. '06. We think it's great. What do you think?
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Live @ The Fox - 07/06/07: