Oh my stars, how absolutely lovely is the Paper Orchestra’s single EP, “Walk on By w/ Singing Over a Sunset.” Five songs, fifteen minutes of the most beautiful, sparse-yet-somehow-full tunes you’ll hear in quite some time.
And did I mention that these singles are handmade? ::swoon::
If you like the quieter Neutral Milk Hotel songs, then there’s flat out no excuse not to absolutely fall in love with the Paper Orchestra. The fact that the band faithfully and delicately covers “Communist Daughter” certainly doesn’t hurt either. Slide guitars, cellos, trumpets, and hushed vocals careen all over each other like the daintiest car crash ever, the kind where everyone walks away without a single scratch but still leaves every person shaken. And they can pull it all off live as well, evidenced by the inclusion of a stage version of the breezy, bell-ridden “Summer Love.” (A video is below!)
Not much is known about this band, other than that it forms a sort of axis for some other southern California bands. Evidently, the band members really dig being enigmatic. But as long as they keep releasing singles like this, I don’t really care.
The Paper Orchestra is offering the single free for download!
stevenraymorris | 10-Mar-08 at 3:11 am | Permalink
I have yet to listen to this single, but the leader of it all Alex, is a wonderful wonderful person. I played a show with him about two months ago and he is an amazingly sweet performer.
I would say though he has so many ideas and so there is a different band for every idea? He is very talented and now I must check this out.
He also performs under Your Yellow Dress which also has a single on CLLCT.
Tinyfolk | 10-Mar-08 at 6:35 pm | Permalink
CLLCT!
alexp | 10-Mar-08 at 7:21 pm | Permalink
haha yea i guess were a little enigmatic to the internet world cause all our fans are basically friends or people that found a few scattered tracks.
if you send me a few dollars for postage (this is for anybody) ill send you a compilation CD we put together of unreleased recorded songs and live tracks and covers and stuff. we dont really have anything official besides this which is acoustic.
basically we are a high school band an dmost of us are going to different colleges and stuff but we’re gonna finish a CD before we leave and were doing a split CD with the Ideal Free Distro and Camera Shy right now.
we have a little family of odd and ends acoustic and indie and folk projects down here. also check out:
Your Yellow Dress
Humble Hops
Darlings of the Czar
Quite Sqaure
and the “label”
Pacific Nature Recording