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Past Life Regression

    Jason Quever has been releasing timeless guitarbased dream pop as Papercuts since 2004, impervious to trends or micro genres that have come and gone around him. In that regard, his contemporaries are artists like Hiss Golden Messenger, Fruit Bats, Andy Shauf or Kings of Convenience - artists who are more concerned with song craft and perfecting their sound, and less concerned with gimmicks or fitting into a specific scene.

    ‘Past Life Regression’ is his new album and it’s a journey into the dreamier reaches of psychedelic folk-pop that digs deep into influences as wideranging as The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Spiritualized, Echo & The Bunnymen, Leonard Cohen and late 60s pop of various flavours.

    Jason Quever is / was also the producer for Beach House, Dean Wareham and Cass McCombs, among others.

    TRACK LISTING

    Lodger
    Sinister Smile
    Fade Out
    I Want My Jacket Back
    My Sympathies
    The Strange Boys
    Palm Sunday
    Hypnotist
    Remarry
    Comb In Your Hair

    Papercuts

    Parallel Universe Blues

      Over the course of five stellar albums, Papercuts’ Jason Quever has shown himself to be a top-notch song-writer and producer, equally at home with lush, baroque textures and more stripped-down arrangements.

      His skill in the studio has helped him build-up an enviable resume recording, producing and playing with artists including Luna, Beach House, Cass McCombs, Dean Wareham/Dean & Britta and Slumberland’s own The Mantles. Papercuts’ new album “Parallel Universe Blues” reflects Quever’s recent move from long-time musical home San Francisco to Los Angeles and all of the searching and self-exploration that accompanies leaving your home, your friends and your scene.

      The sound is intimate and close, nicely balancing the sonic concerns of the last few Papercuts records. The opening pair of songs “Mattress On The Floor” and Laughing Man” superbly sets the table for the rest of the album: perfect Spectorian pop songs echoed down through The Velvet Underground, LA’s Paisley Underground, Spiritualized and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Never sacrificing song-writing for atmospherics, “Parallel Universe Blues” is a superb addition to the Papercuts catalogue.

      Its themes of self-examination are as a timeless as the tunes themselves, the dreamy autumnal mood perfectly captured in the pastoral cover art. The album is a triumph and points to more great things in the future from Quever and Papercuts.

      TRACK LISTING

      Mattress On The Floor
      Laughing Man
      How To Quit Smoking
      Sing To Me
      Clean Living
      Kathleen Says 
      Walk Backwards All Along St. Mary’s 
      Waking Up
      Looking Through Heather


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