The Screw
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TRACKLISTING

  1. The Other Me
  2. Mood Trials
    Mood Trials
  3. Heebie Jeebies
    Heebie Jeebies
  4. In The Right Place
  5. Pajamas
  6. Matter Of Minutes
  7. And There Were Some Lonely Hands
  8. Naming Names
  9. Each And Every

PRESS

  • THE SKINNY (UK)

    "It seems a shame to tie it down to mere genre: ‘excellent’ does the job just as well."

  • GOLD FLAKE PAINT (UK)

    "Ten years into their career, France’s deafening Papier Tigre have grown from an artfully-raucous prospect into bona fide brilliance. The evidence is all here on new track ‘Mood Trials’, a thrilling collision of sinewy noise and twitching hypertension. Ferocious and enthralling from the first note to the last, it’s a downright delicious taster for their forthcoming album The Screw. (...) Believe us when we say you need this in your life."

  • GET INTO THIS (UK)

    "Experimental Papier Tigre, finally, show a decade’s worth of experience on the lurching, scratching maze that is 'Heebie Jeebies'. A manic collage of riffs, each twist in the tale is as enthralling as the last, and trust me, there’s a lot of them."

Papier Tigre

The Screw

MM014
Release date: 04/29/2016

Ten years after they started from scratch, Papier Tigre have built a solid name for themselves with three albums ‘Papier Tigre’ (2007), ‘The Beginning And End Of Now’ (2008), ‘Recreation’ (2012) and over 500 shows in more than 25 countries over 3 continents, with the three-piece appearing at ATP amongst other festivals.

Their music is firmly entrenched in the tradition of inventive and challenging rock music (think Minutemen, This Heat). They are constantly pushing the limits of their unusual line-up (drums, two guitars, vocals, percussion) when they are not playing with ‘La Colonie de Vacances’ and numerous other projects (Room 204, The patriotic sunday, Al Von Stramm, Seilman Bellinsky).

On their new album ‘The Screw’, the band has matured into devastatingly efficient unit, with instruments and ideas bouncing off each other in and audible culture of creativity. The nine songs are an impressive account of Papier Tigre’s ability to balance different atmospheres, original rhythmic patterns, minimalist melodic lines and distinctive vocal hooks. They understand that a song being intelligent and complex need not exclude it from having a raw, danceable energy.

If you have heard them before, the band you will come back to is now a cacophonous tour de force: wilder, avidly literate; fiercely melodic, yet eagerly restrained. If you haven’t heard them, here’s your chance. They probably will be the best thing you’ve ever heard!

Éric Pasquereau : voice, guitar
Arthur de La Grandière: guitar
Pierre-Antoine Parois : drums

Recorded by Patrice Guillerme at Corner Box (Rocheservière, France), January-February 2015
Mixed  by Patrice Guillerme & Papier Tigre
Mastered by Jason Ward at CMS( Chicago, USA), July-August 2015

Artwork and design by Atelier Bingo

© Murailles Music, 2016

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