Paper Satellites return with a two-four-beat smiler of a tune that promises to put a skip in your stride. The last time we heard extensively from Paper Satellites, it was on the occasion of their 2022 release, ‘Manila Meltdown.’ They had some pretty portentous things to say then: “[This album] represents the sound that we’ve [...]
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A Few Haphazard Notes on ‘Manila Meltdown,’ the Newest from Paper Satellites
Occasionally angular, generally jilted and jagged, but always with a reverence for melody, ‘Manila Meltdown’ is a literal feast for the senses. I love being pleasantly surprised. I appreciate being reminded that Kerouac’s “mad ones”—“mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, […] never yawn or [...]