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Posted in MP3 | music | tour dates | video on February 15, 2009
Sweden's Paper is coming to NYC - MP3 & video
by Bill Pearis
DOWNLOAD: Paper - Out of It Into It (MP3)
Stockholm, Sweden's Paper are coming to the U.S. for a three-night stint at Cake Shop (March 4 -6). Featuring Calle Olsson of the mighty Bear Quartet, their debut is an absolute stormer. Like so many Swedish bands, I first heard about them via Jim Kelly at Parasol Records, whose sub-label Hidden Agenda first brought Jose Gonzalez, The Soundtrack of Our Lives and The Moonbabies to this country. He describes Paper thusly:
Paper's sound is based around the frustration of punk, the delicacy of pop melody and the hypnotic power of repetition. Think early Wire meets early Wire, simple, single-minded, powerful; with contrails of Neu!, Silverbullit/Citizen Bird and Joy Division. Fans of The Bear Quartet's recent electronic eccentricities, Audionom's hypnotic avant-punk, and Paddington DC's zoom-pop will be spellbound, if you don't mind a bit of krautrockin' cochlea-knocking.I also think Scandinavian-centric site It's A Trap isn't too far off when they called them "the missing step between Joy Division and New Order" and Bjorn Yttling says "If you don't like PAPER I really can´t take you seriously."
Here's video of Paper playing "Ears Keep Ringing" which may also serve as a warning to wear earplugs if you go to one of these shows:
Paper - 2009 Tour Dates
Feb 21 - Sugar bar Stockholm, Stockholms län
Mar 4 - The Cakeshop NYC
Mar 5 - The Cakeshop NYC
Mar 6 - The Cakeshop NYC
Apr 10 - STRAND Stockholm
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Posted on February 15, 2009 2:17 PM
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I love The Bear Quartet, and am stoked for the Paper album although I've not spent much time with it over the past year. New BQ album, if released, will be the best of the year.
Posted by Anonymous | February 16, 2009 10:07 AM