FRACT/ONS Review

JCCCEP is the third release by Paper Airplanes, a Wichita outfit. The album was recorded live over the course of a weekend at, you guessed it, Johnson County Community College. The star of the show is arguably "Resignation," a sparse pop song turned hectic in the middle in a swell of guitars and cello. While "Resignation" and "Family" are new songs from the band, "Telegraph" is a cover of a song by the electronic band Orchestral Movements in the Dark (O.M.D.). The final track, "Suburban Sprawl," is a lofty reinterpretation of their own song from their debut album, Boyhood. More information on the details of the recording are included with the download. 

Recommended for fans of  The Arcade Fire, Built to Spill, The Flaming Lips.

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It may surprise some that Paper Airplanes, a three-to-six-piece, hails from Wichita, KS, not Montreal or Athens, GA. Never mind the plains are home to The Flaming Lips, to which Paper Airplanes has loosely been compared. The closest comparison we could find in the plains states is to a tornado, for the band can certainly pick up and toss around whatever instrument they wish and whip up a helluva storm when they’re in the mood. Their music can be likened to a cross between early-Built to Spill, the range and audaciousness of The Arcade Fire, the organic sensibilities of Ticonderoga and the playful abandon of Deerhoof.

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