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01. Paper Jays - Eats Its Tail
02. Paper Jays - Blanket Etiquette
03. Paper Jays - Minor Peal
04. Paper Jays - Japan
05. Paper Jays - Complex Premonition
06. Paper Jays - Asbestos Quote
07. Paper Jays - Tending to the Host
ARTIST
TITLE
Paper Jays
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
ESPDISK 5096LP ESPDISK 5096LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/18/2024

While their name may conjure images of avian origami, rolled cannabis, or cut-up 10th letters, Paper Jays are an instrumental music body from Rhode Island that became fully formed during the session for this eponymous release on ESP-disk. Previously, Jesse Cohen and Justin Hubbard's guitar duo (a trio, only if counting the unmanned feedback drone of a hollow-bodied Gibson) had been contentedly performing and apartment taping for a solid five years. But after witnessing drummer and percussionist Matt Crane back Linda Sharrock at the local House of Pizza, their vision for Paper Jays widened. The ensuing studio recording date with Crane yielded results that greatly pleased all three gentlemen, and a new Paper Jays began. When playing, Jesse and Justin bend, abstract, and honor world and domestic string traditions through their amplified guitars. Matt brings tight (and loose) syncopated rhythms with occasional freer excursions on his array of percussion instruments from varied folkloric sources. Overall, their output travels from intentional, pleasant figures merged with staggered but controlled phrasing to more extemporaneous, unsystematic, and liberated expressions.