The Paper Tiger Sound
Almost from the first note, this group called The Paper Tiger has something. In spite of the fact that this listener has described everything from punk to soul, Abba to ZZ Top, I can’t quite put the idea into words. Perhaps it’s the fact that half of the songs are instrumental. The other songs have limited lyrics that resemble free-form poetry. That’s not a bad thing, it’s just delightfully unusual.
It’s so simple. It’s so retro. “locasta y fuji” and “Coast Is Clear” are recommended for an introduction to this musical effort. It does seem that The Paper Tiger is hiding behind technology a bit, because www.thepapertigersound.com is spare, at best. But the tunes are quite suitable for a road-trip sound track.
According to “a short history of tigers” someone named Dan Gelder began a new project in 2006. That project apparently took some time to move out of his home and onto the public consciousness. Someone named Ker, from Canada, moved to the U.K. and started looking for musicians to work with. She hooked up with Gelder. The Paper Tiger sound was heard live in 2007, in Norwich, then in Sweden. In December of 2007, the musical effort was “transatlantic” and “digital.” Gelder decided to go it alone, in the U.K. 2008.
It would be wise not to confuse this music with that coming from several other bands that have adopted the paper tiger name. Seems there are three, maybe four. Keep your eyes and ears open.
Tags: music, The Paper Tiger Sound, indie, independent music, indie music
yes, it is unusual but i think that makes them unique. sometimes we also need to be creative for us to survive in the music industry. and if we do not know how to do it, we won’t succeed because we know that there are a lot of talented artists and bands. being talented is not only what we need, being creative is the best way.
I did not care for “The Paper Tiger Sound”. They are a unique sound, but unique is not always a good thing. I understand bands wanting to stand out to get noticed, but there is sometime when standing out is not good music. They need a better sound and maybe some clothes to stand out instead of a “unique” sound.
I like their name. As for the music? It’s a little all over the map for me. It’s something I might play in a club as a bar song, just to clear the floor. Or put on my ipod just to fill some space.
As far the name of the band that is quite impressive, I have liked it.The kind of music they have composed I liked that too.It is quite soothing and surely going to touch every ones heart as it has touched mine.I wish to have more of such music and I wish the band best of luck.
yeah i agree Leeuh. i really think that they have a great music. they made it very creative and i think some bands and artists can not do that.
The latest ep from the papertiger sound is called ‘this is how it ends’ and is now available to buy on itunes
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=291957025&s=143444
If anyone would like to review or make a comment about the ep on itunes it would be really appreciated !!
Thanks and have a great week !
dan