PAWS
Glasgow punk trio PAWS will release their debut LP ' Cokefloat!'
next month on FatCat Records. The band recently recorded a live FatCat
session, which you can watch over at BrooklynVegan.
PAWS bash out infectious, lo-fi, garage pop-rock that
can quickly shift from cute melancholia to an unnerving territorial roar.
On top of the pulsating fuzzy noise the three-piece produce, sit dreamy
melodies that bare the bones of their author. Lyrical topics slide
between sarcastic self-analysis and, onto more so than often, brutal home
truths. Phil, the band's resident lyricist sums the album's themes;
"All of the lyrics are pretty much a
documentation of the past 2 years. A lot of crazy things have happened in
our lives - some good, some horrific. I'd like to say that there is a
strong feeling of positivity and hope running throughout this record,
light piercing through some distinctly dark times. We're playing in this
band to keep going and stay alive."
PAWS rose out of the demise of a living room recording
project, that after losing a member, was renamed and redirected into a
raw nerve of DIY punk/garage that's vibrant yet familiar and built on the
traditions of English pop from Buzzcocks to Yuck. The band has spent its
tenure opening for the likes of No Age, Wavves, Happy Birthday, The
Babies, Harlem, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Black Lips and that DIY
spirit pops up in the fact that they've done so in spaces as diverse as
bathrooms, skate parks and a particularly difficult show on the top of a
double-decker bus.
True to its name, Cokefloat! is, as
the band puts it, "like a sugar high...with the sugar
comedown." Recorded with Rory Attwell (of Test Icicles) at
Lightship95, a floating recording studio located on a boat moored at
Trinity Buoy Warf in East London, the album has managed to capture the
punch of the band's live shows. Listeners can practically hear the energy
vibrate out of the speakers and feel the band's smiles radiate through
the ruckus with their stories about love,
insecurities, self-alienation and paranoia. Wrapped in artwork
designed by comic artist and friend of the band Jessica Penfold, the
album is the perfect audio allegory for its namesake. Slurp it up.
Feel the buzz.
PAWS
Cokefloat!
(FatCat)
Street Date: Oct. 9, 2012
Formats: CD, Digital, LP
1. Catherine 1956
2. Jellyfish
3. Homecoming
4. Pony
5. Bloodline
6. Boregasm
7. Sore Tummy
8. Get Bent
9. Tulip
10. Miss American Bookworm
11. Bird Inside Birdcage, Ribcage Inside Bird
12. Winners Don't Bleed
13. Poor Old Christopher Robin
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