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[Cloud]

Originally Posted by stuartmaxwell

this band are in my opinion the BEST band in the uk right now

So they're better than all the other UK bands you're putting on, then?

I'm struggling to find much on google about them...

[stuartmaxwell]

well, i wouldnt have said it if i didnt mean it

they are the best band in the uk right now

www.jealousrecords.com

[PVH]

Paper Cut Out, then. An unknown package from Newcastle, England. Having only released two songs thus far on 7” via Jealous Records, this is a relatively new band which has burst onto the post-punk scene of late, forming from the ashes of Skip Day Toner. First song is a short sharp burst of spazzy, jazzy, off-kilter post-punk - immediately afterwards the crowd turn and look at each other as if to say “whoa..what was that?!”.

It’s obviously something special. To say this band have stage presence would be doing them an injustice, these guys have venue presence. Constantly moving and intensely passionate. They’re rocking out and they’re loving it. So are we. I can’t think of a valid comparison for their sound: a little Sweep The Leg Johnny, a little Fugazi, a little Gang Of Four. Fast, tight, innovative. Astounding. If only it’d lasted longer. Clocking off after around 25 minutes, this is still one of the most enjoyable sets I’ve EVER seen.

^^^^ BBC review ^^^^


Paper Cut Out’s first Jealous Records output is little more than a nugget of art rock discordance – a two track seven inch of which only 500 copies will be pressed – but a quite absorbing one nevertheless. Hailing from the same district as fellow Jealous outfit This Aint Vegas –a little way up the coast in Newcastle to be precise – Paper Cut Out draw upon many of the same influences as their tour partners and label mates: Fugazi, Faraquet and Q and not U. But whereas TAV are all buffy, poppy-sounding choruses, Paper Cut Out are an altogether rougher diamond – specialising in ramshackle, jarring soundscapes, impassioned vocals and unpredictable rhythm changes.

Of the two tracks here, ‘Rats!’ boasts a beguiling, bass led melody and stabs of off-kilter guitar while ‘Less a Roof, More a Ceiling’ showcases an altogether more anthemic side, lurching unexpectedly into a rewarding punch line late on. With all the certainty one can muster on the evidence of just a couple of songs, it all sounds rather promising. Paper Cut Out may not be as easy to listen to nor as addictive a vice as their North-East buddies, but become more gratifying with repeated listens, and I await something a little more ample with considerable interest.

^^^^ PunkNews.co.uk ^^^^

[Cloud]

Ta very much, anything online to listen to?

[stuartmaxwell]

www.jealousrecords.com

Very nice grooves and I like the fuzzy guitar sound, just a pity the vocals are the very overused and expected shout/non- singing type.

[stuartmaxwell]

Originally Posted by MKII

Very nice grooves and I like the fuzzy guitar sound, just a pity the vocals are the very overused and expected shout/non- singing type.

add me to msn and ill send you their best stuff, if you think this has groove wait till you hear the other stuff

"stifled fumes of panic hang awkward with the words 'it could have been you this time, fuck him' between the twisted torso and deadpan brick face. the air is thick with curses, and unkown reactions of fuel and battery acid and not knowing what to do. gasping like the man staring out his screen shattered like nerves. it's too late to concentratconcentrate when twenty people are watching you die, like back seat drivers out of the corner of a nervous eye. phone operators read calm from a computer screen. traffic lights keep changing desperate to regain their mechanised control"

thats a pretty good roster on jealous records, i particularly like the half bass/ half guitar two piece band. i got all carried away there and even turned off the pop up blocker to join the mailing list.

[countess shazula]

yup...our cup of tea. keep yer eyes peeled for more Jealous action this year (hopefully) although they're a tricky bunch to pin down!

[countess shazula]

Originally Posted by Cloud

Ta very much, anything online to listen to?

bloody 'ell! want me to come round make you a cup of tea as well?! hehehehe!