Years active 1998–2010 Past members Aryn Dalton | Website thepaperchaseband.com | |
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Labels Kill Rock StarsSouthern RecordsIdol Records Albums Now You Are One of Us, God Bless Your Black Heart, Hide the Kitchen Knives, Young Bodies Heal Quic, Someday This Could All Be Yo | ||
The Paper Chase (sometimes spelled "the pAper chAse") was an alternative rock band formed in 1998 by producer/engineer John Congleton in Dallas, Texas, signed to Kill Rock Stars and Southern Records. Their albums "God Bless Your Black Heart" and "Now You Are One Of Us" have been released on vinyl by the Austrian label Trost Records. Since its inception, The Paper Chase has produced a combination of discordant melody and jagged noise pop, described by Allmusic as "a jagged structure of avant-garde jazz, noise, indie, and punk".
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History
Congleton produced all the band's material to date. He also wrote all of the material, with a few exceptions: Bobby Weaver co-wrote "A Face That Could Launch a Thousand Ships" and "Off with Their Heads" from the album Young Bodies Heal Quickly, You Know. Mike Sanger co-wrote "Throw Your Body on the Apparatus", and Elliot Figg co-wrote "When You Least Expect It," both from the aforementioned album.
Their next project would have been a two-part album centered on natural disasters. The first half, entitled Someday This Could All Be Yours (vol. 1 The Calamities) was released on May 26, 2009 through Kill Rock Stars Records, though the second part has remained unreleased since the band's dissolution.
Former members
Session musicians
Previous members
Albums
Singles and EPs
Songs
We Know Where You SleepNow You Are One of Us · 2006
You Will Never Take Me AliveNow You Are One of Us · 2006
Said the Spider to the FlyGod Bless Your Black Heart · 2004