Music News - The Paper Kites Return To New Zealand
17 August 2015 - 0 Comments
Emotionally intense with
delicate harmonies and a charming energy: Melbourne indie folk five-piece The Paper Kites have announced dates for their New
Zealand tour this October in support of their new album twelvefour.
Thursday October 8 –
The Bedford @ CPSA, CHRISTCHURCH
Friday October 9
– The Opera House, WELLINGTON
Saturday October 10
– The Powerstation, AUCKLAND
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Pre-dawn lyrics and lush,
late night melodies: twelvefour is the gorgeous second album from Melbourne five-piece THE PAPER KITES.
It’s been four years since the quintet first formed and turned heads with EP Woodland (followed up
by 2013’s EP Young
North.) Then came their acclaimed 2013 longplayer, States . which delivered
favourites such as ‘St Clarity’, ‘A Lesson From Mr Gray’ and ‘Young’ and saw
the band travel to New Zealand for 2 sold out shows.
Determined to capture a bolder sound for album number 2, the band travelled to
Seattle to record with Grammy-nominated producer Phil Ek (Father
John Misty, Manchester Orchestra, Fleet Foxes) and the result is twelvefour, an
album that is lush and intimate, with drum machines and dirtier guitars (“very much an ‘80s twinge, ”lead vocalist and songwriter Sam Bentley insists) mixed with atmospheric synth
moments. “The
great thing about working with Phil was that you couldn’t fake it – he wanted
to hear the real thing,” Sam explains, “He was really honest with us, sometimes brutally, but
all in the interest of making a better record.”
“The album is a concept
record, based around a theory that an artist's creative peak is between the
hours of midnight and 4am,” explains Sam, who’d been searching for
a theme to shape album number two. A passing comment from a friend back in
August 2014 delivered the spark. “That
idea turned into the heart of the project, so every night I'd sit down when the
clock ticked over to midnight and just start writing.” For
two sleepless months Sam worked, reversing his sleep patterns and penning thirty
songs in his home studio.
“I got to the end and thought, I'm never doing that again,” Sam
laughs. “It was wild to write until you are
so tired that nothing sounded too over-worked – songs didn't feel restricted by
a commonly analytical brain.”
“This record is the sound of five
people trying to make something they're proud of. And we really are,” enthuses
Sam. “As always I hope
that the people who listen to our music continue to go along with us. We're
really excited to be taking these songs on the road, and bringing everyone up
to speed with where we've been.”
twelvefour,
the highly anticipated sophomore release by The Paper Kites, is out August 28
and available to pre order HERE
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