Papercuts / Past Life Regression
Album: Past Life Regression   Collection:General
Artist:Papercuts   Added:Oct 2022
Label:Slumberland Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2023-02-17 Pull Date: 2023-04-21
Week Ending: Apr 23 Apr 16 Apr 9 Apr 2 Mar 26 Mar 19 Mar 12 Mar 5
Airplays: 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 27, 2023: Oh Messy Life
Sinister Smile
4. Apr 14, 2023: KZSU Time Traveler
Lodger
2. Apr 21, 2023: KZSU Time Traveler
I Want My Jacket Back
5. Apr 07, 2023: KZSU Time Traveler
I Want My Jacket Back
3. Apr 15, 2023: Music Casserole
Fade Out
6. Apr 01, 2023: Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
My Sympathies

Album Review
DJ Away
Reviewed 2023-01-22
LOCAL! Pitch-perfect psychedelic pop, richly detailed, appealingly ragged at the edges. Several of these songs could easily belong in a lineup of sixties radio hits. Jason Quever of San Francisco has been making music under this name for nearly two decades, and now he's part of Slumberland Records, where his sweet and slightly post-punk-edged songwriting is in great company. This album is one big sugar rush, exultant even while it's downcast. I've been hearing about Papercuts since 2010-ish and never paid much attention, but now I'm fully reeled in. RIYL The Byrds, Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd, Spiritualized, Beach House, Advance Base, Chime School. Favorites: 1, 2, 6, 7, though all songs are great. No FCCs detected.

1. *(4:09)—Mid-tempo guitar pop perfection. Strummy with harmonies and shaker, big spaced-out choruses.
2. *(4:04)—Medium-slow, sunny, and with swagger. "Can't you see I still wear your ring?"
3. (4:11)—Very slow. Dramatic strings, tambourine, sounds like something the Wrecking Crew played on.
4. (4:28)—Mid-tempo, mannered sixities British psych. Harpsichord?
5. (2:58)—Mid-tempo. Severe string bowing. Sounds like something the Rolling Stones would've made in the mid-sixties.
6. *(3:32)—Medium-slow, woozy, with a great lock-step groove.
7. *(3:35)—Mid-tempo, triumphant sounding, with deep strings.
8. (5:01)—Slow, with a spacey keyboard melody at the front.
9. (4:52)—Mid-tempo, like a cheerier continuation of track 2 (including the same keyboard melody).
10. (2:53)—Bright, medium-slow strut, with prominent organ and shaker.

Track Listing
1. Lodger   6. The Strange Boys
2. Sinister Smile   7. Palm Sunday
3. Fade Out   8. Hypnotist
4. I Want My Jacket Back   9. Remarry
5. My Sympathies   10. Comb in Your Hair