Name: Africa Avenue
Brand: The Paperhead

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

tim083cd

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2014-11-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

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Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

700686988011

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Paperhead

Genre GB

Psychedelic

Label GB

Trouble In Mind

Much has changed for the members of The Paperhead since the release of their TiM debut back in 2011 - tours both domestically &amp; abroad, more releases, college, life, work, love, tragedy. The span of time &amp; growth (both personally &amp; musically) are reflected in the ten tunes on the band's third album "Africa Avenue" Recorded by the band themselves in bassist Peter Stringer-Hye's Nasville garage&amp; mixed by Cooper Crain (Cave, Bitchin' Bajas), "Africa Avenue" finds it 's groove in it 's unabashed melodicism &amp; pop hooks. The title of the album is an homage to a street the band hung out on as children, and the experiences &amp; memories created there drift in &amp; out of lyrics that are appealingly abstract, but hint at an unspoken narrative. The jaunty opener "Africa" sets the scene with guitarist Ryan Jennings' acoustic strum &amp; sly synth squiggles, before unloading a crunchy guitar hook unlike anything the band has done previously, letting listeners know that something new is happening here; a step towards a full &amp; comfortable immersion in the sounds they love. The band makes no bones of it 's affection for Sixties &amp; Seventies psychedelia, but "Africa Avenue" quietly tiptoes around easy comparisons, mutating itself into something more textured &amp; intricate, leaning more towards avant-pop. The rest of the album has it 's fair share of stunners like the cosmic countr y of "Mother May ", the folk-raga of "In A Corner, or the harpsichord-sprinkled majesty of "Old Fashioned Kind" all fight for ear-space in an album full of highlights. The true key to the album's success lies in the band's synergy that comes from playing together since they were teenagers; the "hive-mind" that enables each to anticipate &amp; play off each other, achieving an effortless grace in their arrangements &amp; performance. "Africa Avenue" feels more organic, sounding like the work of a cracking live band in action rather than a heady, studio construction. A breath of fresh air &amp; without a doubt, the band's most accomplished effort to date.

Africa Avenue

Music GB