Didja happen to catch that commercial for the new Motorola RAZR2 cell phone? It’s the one where two great looking people duke it out in a subway. Well that music you hear in the background is none other than SHINY TOY GUNS. Check it out now or on your nearest tv everywhere.

Listening to SHINY TOY GUNS is like seeing the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz finally get his heart; Techno with emotion. Something industrial that can live and breathe and hurt just like you and me. Some songs brim with the same melancholic simplicity that put The Postal Service on the map, while others deliver epic choruses that could teach Muse a thing or two. The album starts off STRONG. One minute, you put in the CD and hit ‘play’, the next minute you’re already on track 4 and your butt has been literally danced off. Then things get serious.

Songs like “Don’t Cry Out” and “Rainy Monday” will make you miss every ex you’ve ever had. Shiny Toy Guns is a night out with close friends that starts out on the dance floor and ends in the apartment with open discussions of hopes, fears and lost loves over coffee. Then, at the end of the night, the closing/title track tucks you in safely at home, staring at the ceiling with hope for tomorrow. At least that’s how the last song SOUNDS, but look closer and you’ll find lyrics that could make Robert Smith cry, “Sunday I cried all night, and it hurt so bad / But if you try to understand, this is who I am”. If Depeche Mode could be as sexy as Kill Hannah, or The Faint could touch you like The Cure, you would have Shiny Toy Guns. Welcome to world of synth-emo.

4 out of 5.

For fans of: The Faint / Depeche Mode / Kill Hannah

Just in time to warm you all up for the ass shaking tour that what will be them opening for DAFT PUNK’s US tour, junior ass shakers THE RAPTURE and SHINY TOY GUNS will be hitting the road for about a month starting in late April and going through most of May.

One can only assume this tour is happening to warm everyone up for an amazing summer of tours. I can only assume that The Rapture are launching this tour to loosen up the muscles that are going to be need to open for Da Funk later this summer. It’s pretty much a give that the tour will be pretty ass-shake-tastic.

Tour dates fo yo ass.

Apr 21 - Hattiesburg, Mississippi - The Bottling Company
Apr 22 - Austin, Texas - The Backyard
Apr 24 - Tempe, Arizona - The Marquee Theatre
Apr 25 - Tuscon, Arizona - Club Congress
Apr 29 - Reno, Nevada - Club Underground
Apr 30 - Eugene, Oregon - Wow Hall
May 2 - Salt Lake City, Utah - In The Venue
May 3 - Aspen, Colorado - Belly Up
May 4 - Colorado Springs, Colorado - Black Sheep
May 6 - Omaha, Nebraska - The Rock
May 7 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Fine Line
May 8 - Madison, Wisconsin - Orpheum
May 9 - Cleveland, Ohio - House of Blues
May 10 - St. Louis, Missouri - Pops
May 13 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Diamond Ballroom
May 15 - New Orleans, Louisiana - House of Blues
May 16 - Houston, Texas - Warehouse Live
May 17 - Dallas, Texas - Granada Theatre
May 21 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Theatre of the Living Arts
May 22 - Hartford, Connecticut - Webster Theatre
May 23 - Burlington, Vermont - Higher Ground

SHINY TOY GUNS have just released the follow-up single to their song “Le Disko” from their latest album We Are Pilots. The band chose “You Are The One” as the second single. Watch it now.