Title: Fading Parade
Format: Full-length
Year: 2011
Label: Sub Pop
Genre: Dreampop
Rating: 83 / 100
Papercuts is, as described by Sub Pop, a breath of fresh air. I couldn't agree more. Sub Pop always had a good ear for renewing bands, they were one of the first to notice Nirvana, same with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Mogwai, even though they seem to have fell upwards nowadays, they still release very good music. That is, if you like acts like No Age, Dum Dum Girls or Foals. Active for almost a decade now, Jason Robert Quever has released 4 albums so far. All dreamy indiepop drenched in reverb. What? Did you say Beach House? Yes, very similar, but Papercuts had allready released two albums at the time Beach House was still to be formed.
Back to the album itself: Fading Parade. If you are familiar with one of their earlier albums, you might notice it's somewhat more of the same. Saying that, Papercuts could better be described as a very long breath of fresh air. But hey, who cares, if you love sweet sunny melodies, right from the American West Coast. Fading Parade is full of them, it's like reinventing the term sweet melody. Hazy guitars, soft piano, drums mixed to the background, Jason's whispering vocals, everything saturated with reverb. This is where indiepop stops and dreampop kicks in. Well, it's not like kicking, it's more like caressing your cheek.
Where most modern Californian bands (Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, Wavves) tend to have a very bright, happy sound. Papercuts is definitely on the more melancholic side of the spectrum. If Best Coast is running across the beach with your girlfriend, Papercuts is watching the sun go down. Papercuts is like getting drunk on sweet white wine. Fading Parade is like putting reverb on a jar of honey.
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Selwin.
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