One a Day While You’re Away: Paper

If there was a chunk of time between Joy Division and New Order where Sumner & Co. were still purging Curtis from their musical psyches, it happened long ago, quietly. It wasn’t too long before New Order took a more melodic, digestible approach to their sullen, desperate pop. Between “Leave Me Alone” and “She’s Come Undone” there’s a huge, inhabitable space of potential, and Sweden’s Paper have squeezed themselves in there tightly. With three chord punk angst and subtle, tender devotion to melody, Paper take you right back to some of the first cassette tapes you ever listened to. I want to listen loud and dance around, but I also want to write an angry letter to someone I don’t speak to anymore.

They played a three night stand in NYC’s Cake Shop, and I very much look forward to another visit from them soon, hopefully in Austin. Track down their album, An Object, immediately — and check out my video page to watch a live performance of “Strider.”

DOWNLOAD: Paper “Out of it Into it”

Photo by Kloss