Eleven years after its original release, the Unicorns return with a remastered edition of Who Will Cut Our Hair When Were Gone?, a song collection that has lost none of its lovable weirdness with time.

At once goofy and ambitious, the music of band masterminds Nick Diamonds Thorburn and Alden Ginger Penner ranks among the most inventive outpourings from Montreals fertile pop scene.

The Unicorns draw upon 60s and 70s sonic flotsam (especially low-fi synthesizers), matching it with lyrical themes that range from the lurid to the infantile.

Horror and sci-fi references color tracks like Tuff Ghost, Jellybones," and Rocket Ship (the latter an inspired Daniel Johnston cover). I Was Born (A Unicorn)a theme song of sortscatches the band at their giddiest.

All isn't sunshine and rainbows here, howevertheres a tension simmering under the surface of Child Star and Ready to Die thats hard to miss.

No matter how shambolic the tracks get, The Unicorns retain their droll wit and knack for ear-snagging melodies.

This is indie rock in its most authentic form: precocious, ungainly, and willing to court chaos to achieve greatness.