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The Unsacred HeartsEP
It's a raw, dark, sexy and dangerous celebration of rock'n'roll."
-Punk Planet

"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"
"Across seven tracks they proved themselves star students of their 70s forbearers, channeling Richard Hell, the Heartbreakers and others in a collection of tightly wound garage songs about nothing more or less than the subject of rock and roll itself."
-Punk News

In Defense of Fort Useless:
"With the longest song clocking in at under four minutes, the Unsacred Hearts throw down an unapologetic mix of pop and New York in the 70's kinda pink, with some Clash boogie and Bob Dylan stylings thrown in for good measure. Guitar stranglings reminiscent of Television mixing with a New York Dolls sneer and a sorta Speedball Baby sense of storytelling. Some songs shift into a slower pace, but without losing the sense of urgency behind, the driving rhythms never falter from the destination point. Sometimes it's Bob Dylan by way of Social Distortion, sometimes it's the Cramps mixing in a little Jim Carroll, but wherever it goes, it feels like New York to me."
by Marcel Feldmar, BIG TAKEOVER

"NYC's The Unsacred Hearts has pulled out all the stops on the group's latest 15-track excursion In Defense of Fort Useless. From the pensive acoustic dirge 'Bless This Bus' to a booty shaking hipster anthem 'Pink Angels on Plastic Horses' to a slew of guest musicians from the Serious Business thinktank making impressive and powerful cameos on 'The Two Three Four' and 'Slinging Drinks at the Pink' to gritty Naked City slice of life rockers like 'Whiskey in the Fridge' and 'Point of Pride', this ensemble has got all the bases covered here, leaving something for everyone that considers themselves a rock fan utterly satisfied. Stacked with hooks galore (just try and get the refrain of 'Somewhere Deep in NYC' out of your head), staggeringly remarkable songwriting, and a sense of urgency that can only attributed to the band�s love of all things rock, The Unsacred Hearts will blow away any girl jean, carefully coiffed wearing 'band' that they have the sheer misfortune of being lumped in with by perpetually exerting the unmistakable half hour of rock 'n roll soul power and old time whiskey driven swagger of In Defense of Fort Useless."
-Loose Record

Five Believers EP:
StereoactiveNYC says
The Unsacred Hearts‘ new digital only EP, Five Believers, extends the band’s track record of impressive releases. We’d suggest just surrendering yourself to this five track rocker, but these guys aren’t taking prisoners and this fucker’ll just mow you down where you stand.
After a masterfully executed full-length album — In Defense Of Fort Useless — that showed off the wide range of influences and capabilities of a band confidently come of age, the guys have opted to infuse their return to the shorter format with the same relentless, knock-you-on-your-ass-until-it’s-over energy of their first self-titled EP. What’s great about this most recent release is how it connects to their past — it features two covers of songs by their labelmates, Man In Gray (”Brakelights” and “Hoboken”), with whom they previously released a split 7″ EP, as well as outtakes from the Fort Useless sessions — without feeling weighted down by history. It’s simply skilled rock and roll bravado from beginning to end that will leave you wanting more.

"Today's hot piece of free new crap for you is Brakelights by The Unsacred Hearts and by jiggedy does it ever kick a lot of arse. Imagine if the last Primal Scream album sounded like a genuine feelgood, deep-fried collection of rough-around-the-edges boogie blues instead of a tired old bunch of men who don't know where to go with their lives. That's Brakelights by The Unsacred Hearts. Imagine the whip-tight garage rock of Eagles Of Death Metal mixed with the glorious boy/girl sloppiness of Royal Trux mixed with the wayward experimentalism of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in its prime. That's Brakelights by The Unsacred Hearts. Downloading Brakelights by The Unsacred Hearts will provide you with the most toe-tappingest, fist-pumpingest three minutes of your day. And there's always The Unsacred Hearts' EP Five Believers for you to buy once Brakelights makes you wonder how you ever got by without it."
-Heckler Spray