PAPERCUTS
Subtlety is often an underrated quality. That’s partly why Papercuts’ new album, Fading Parade band’s fourth overall, and first for Sub Pop—is such a breath of fresh air. Papercuts prinicipal Jason Robert Quever’s beautiful songwriting is thoughtful, quietly evocative and simultaneously ambitious. This is dream pop of the highest order, but unlike a lot of contemporary bands that fall under the same sonic umbrella, Papercuts isn’t trying to emulate shoegaze heavy hitters from yesteryear. Instead, Quever’s embraced a gentler, more sophisticated approach to presenting pop music that’s steeped in atmosphere.
“There was so much aggressive music when I was younger, and I just felt like trying something different,” says Quever. “I don’t want to hit people over the head. That’s just not who I am. I don’t necessarily like to be the center of attention.”
Quever may not want to be the focal point at social gatherings, but make no mistake about who is in control of Papercuts. His lush, layered recordings sound like they were made by what’s commonly referred to as a “band,” but Quever is always the one pulling the strings, whether he’s literally doing it on his guitar, producing, or writing. (It doesn’t hurt that he’s a whiz on a bevy of instruments, including organ and drums.) Though Quever continues to refer to Papercuts as a band, he’s finally getting comfortable with the idea of being a lone arranger.
“I’ve always tried to get away from being the bedroom guy, but then lately I’ve been realizing sometimes that’s worthwhile,” he says. “Maybe that’s the school I’m from: trying to make interesting records any way you can, with whoever might be around.”
Papercuts’ first three albums—2004’s Mockingbird,…
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Papercuts - Fading Parade
SP885 - Released: March 1, 2011
Papercuts prinicipal Jason Robert Quever’s beautiful songwriting is thoughtful, evocative, subtle, and simultaneously ambitious. And the new Papercuts album, Fading Parade,—the band’s fourth overall—is dream pop of the highest…
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- Promo Photo - Papercuts - Promo Photo 1 (by Chloe Aftel)
- Cover - Fading Parade
- Cover - Can't Go Back
- Cover - You Can Have What You Want
- Cover - Mockingbird
- Press - Uncut review of Fading Parade
- Press - Q review of Fading Parade
- Press - MOJO review of Fading Parade
- NPR Song of the Day “Do You Really Want to Know” March 30, 2011
- AV Club Album Review “Fading Parade” March 2011
- Time Out Chicago Album Review “Fading Parade” March 2011
- The Examiner Feature April 2011
- Huffington Post Feature “A Talk with Papercuts’ Jason Quever” April 29, 2011
- "Fading Parade" review in Spin Magazine
- "Fading Parade" review in Under the Radar Magazine
- "Fading Parade" review in Filter Magazine
- Yours Truly
- Pitchfork review of You Can Have What You Want
- Pitchfork review of Can't Go Back