An Unruly Conductor reviews "Paper Wraps Rock"

CULT WITH NO NAME...album review here.
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Cult with no Name

PAPER WRAPS ROCK .(post-punk/downtempo)

LABEL ; TRAKWERX.....released 10/31/2007

CULT WITH NO NAME hail out of London,....the self professed 'post-punk half drunk electronic philharmonic atmospheric balladeers'...do exactly what they say on the tin!

The first cd sent to me for scrutiny...I sat back and took in the album with no prior expectations (I had heard them on their page, but only casually).

At the start of 'PAPER WRAPS ROCK' a trickle of piano leads us gently into a smokey room full of half drunk pints and a silent game of dominos. Aparent are the classical influences in this opener, as it winds up unfazed and presents you the unravelling flower of this album. 'Blame it on the Oil' is the second track on this 15 track cd, and the first to introduce the vocals of Erik Stein. Chopped with a more emotional piano line, this track gives you more of a picture about what the London duo are about...intellegent but vunerable, masters of their art although insecure. There are a few influences spinning in my head...the vocals sound hauntingly familiar, or is that the tone and subject merely arriving home. The rest of the album takes you on a hopeful taunt, tight-roping over the impending melancholy with spikes of high piano directing your attention upwards into the glow of empathy.

To say this album is a lounge album, is true, but I like the bravery of it's layout....instead of hitting you in the face with the big 'singles' from the album...it takes it's time...delivering a mature theme to the proceedings, building up with electric piano and drums n' effects in time...then to glug back under the drink from wenst it came. The stand out tracks from 'Paper wraps Rock'...are 'Operation failed' with it's striptease of mood and cafe ease.....and my favourite track on this title 'Girl'...like a steam engine sat at the station, releasing the pressure and readying for the remains of this journey!

I wish Erik Stein (lead vocals/rhythm piano) & Jon Boux (lead piano/rhythm vocals) the best of luck on their passage through this musical adventure...and no doubt I will be reviewing further releases and dates for this rising band! So if you like your indie to down their guitars and ease on the pedals of a piano or two, this band are for you...destined for some greater expose.

CULT WITH NO NAME - PAPER WRAPS ROCK - DEBUT ALBUM

(POST-PUNK/PIANO) a TRAKWERX release....available now!!!!

for more info & a listen to their album goto

www.myspace.com/cwnn

or for bookings/promo/cd

www.trakwerx.com

Thanks for the cd guys....I will treasure it!!

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A . U . C