Saturday, June 27, 2009

Awesome - Paper Route

It would be really awesome if I could take high quality hamburgers, sushi, scrambled eggs, pesto, and pad thai and just throw it all in a belnder and create a drink that took all the best of these things and put it into one creamy, delicious milkshake. Unfortunately, if I were to do that in real life, I would waste a ton of money and end up with a bubbling glass of shit.


It doesn't take a genious to figure out where this metaphor is going. Paper Route is me, their song "Carousel" off of their recent album Absence is the blender, and the auditory orgasm I receive after each listen is the milkshake of greatness. But what are the parts that make "Carousel" so delicious?

Paper Route takes the best parts of many great bands and layers (and layers and layers) them until a complex yet whole sound is produced that will blow you away. They take the piano melodies of Coldplay, the electronics of Innerpartysystem, the guitar work of Modest Mouse, and the technical drumming of Saosin and throw it into an indie crockpot that cooks up a delicious gumbo. The vocals are hushed, but as though to say, "Be quiet, so you can hear the explosion!" The chorus is subdued, but the pounding verses and ass-kicking instrumental bridge more than make up for them. With electronics and machine sounds, this is far from your average indie song.

Paper Route may have an aerie-faerie indie name, but don't let that fool you into thinking they are your run-of-the-mill indie band. Their song is a three-and-a-half-minute jizz, caused by downing a giga-milshake in one swallow. Paper Route is the future of good music.

RIYL Coldplay, Innerpartysystem, Edison Glass, Mute Math

Track:

For Comparison:
Mute Math - "Spotlight" (right click > save as) (not my link)

Paper Route:

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