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Papercuts
12+ albums
indie popindiefolkindie folkCalifornia
about
West Coast soft pop practitioners Papercuts are based around the skills of Jason Quever, a multi-instrumentalist and producer with a firm grasp on 50 years' worth of pop, whether it's indie, baroque, folk, or noise. Whether working alone (as on early albums like 2007's Can't Go Back) or with collaborators (as on 2011's album for Sub Pop, Fading Parade), Quever's trademark sound blends echoing guitars and full arrangements with melancholy melodies and his faded whisper of a voice. It's a template used by many, but Quever's skill (as evidenced by his busy slate of studio work with the likes of Luna and Beach House) vaults Papercuts past most of their contemporaries, even when tweaking the formula, as on 2018's shoegaze-inspired Parallel Universe Blues or 2021's Baxter's Bliss EP. Quever was brought up in a commune in Humboldt County, California. After both his parents' early deaths, he traveled alone up and down the West Coast before eventually settling in San Francisco. His musical career began when he used the apartment of a vacationing friend to record piano tracks for Cass McCombs' 2002 album, Not the Way. This was the start of a busy few years collaborating with others (like Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, the Skygreen Leopards, and Vetiver) while also starting up Papercuts. The first Papercuts album, Mockingbird, was released in 2004, then Can't Go Back followed in 2007. It was released on the Gnomonsong label, run by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic, and in
![Mockingbird [Deluxe Edition]](https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/e27c6b3b52a0e499afab25b4ef1c72cf.png)
