| The Paper Scissors | |
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Left to right- Jai Pyne, Ivan Lisyak and Xavier Naughton. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Labels | Our First Label, Sandcastle Music, Dramatico Publishing |
| Members | |
| Jai Pyne Xavier Naughton Ivan Lisyak |
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| Past members | |
| Bryce Stacker Tom Hespe |
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The Paper Scissors are an Australian rock band consisting of members Jai Pyne, Xavier Naughton and Ivan Lisyak. Their sound has been described as "a combination of garage-punk, rock and soul". [1]
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The band released a self titled EP in 2006[2] on their independent label Our First Label,[3] which was distributed by MGM distribution. The lead track "We Don't Walk" was picked up by Sydney Community FBi Radio and by national broadcaster Triple J.[4] "We Don't Walk" has since been used on the Underbelly on the Nine Network,[5][6] as well as on an advertisement for Unwired Australia, an internet service provider.
The band released their debut album Less Talk More Paper Scissors (LTMPS) in 2007 on Our First Label.[7] The album was well received by the Australian press,[8][9] The Sydney Magazine featured it as album of the month September 2007.[10] Lead single "Yamanote Line" which takes its name from a train line in Tokyo, Japan[11] was described by Sacha Molitorisz as "the best song ever written. Truly"[12] and received high rotation on Triple J.[13] Yamanote Line was also broadcast on BBC 6.[14]
LTMPS also featured the song Tipped Hat which was featured on a Riva Coffee commercial.[4] Richard Kingsmill mentioned the band's use of advertising stating "it’s a huge revenue stream – it’s huge exposure" in an article in Tsunami Magazine, a Brisbane publication.[15] The band were also asked to host and program Rage, the ABC Television's music video show.[16]
In 2008, the band were asked to cover a song of their choice for The Rewind Project which was initiated by Buffet Libre, a group of Spanish Dj's.[17] They covered Hall & Oates' 1981 song 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)'.
After the release of LTMPS, the band promoted the album extensively, touring throughout Australia. They played numerous festivals such as Parklife Festival, The Playground Weekender Festival,[13] Southbound, St Kilda Festival, The Great Escape and Falls Festival.[4] In 2008 they embarked on a national co-headline tour with fellow Sydney act bluejuice.[2][18]
In June 2009 The band released the Howl EP which featured two original Paper Scissors songs as well as remixes by Sydney artists The E.L.F (Darren Cross from Gerling), Cleptocleptics and Spod.[13] The title track "Howl" received high rotation airplay on Triple J.[19] T-T-Time was released digitally only, November 2009 and received high rotation airplay on Triple J,[20] and it's accompanying video clip was indie clip of the week on ABC TV's Rage program.[21]
In December 2009 The Paper Scissors mentioned in a blog post on their official myspace[22] that "We are approaching the beginnings of the end of our second album, getting down overdubs and the fancy bits".
In April 2010 they posted on their Twitter[23] a list of studios used for 'In Loving Memory' and on their official facebook fan page they mentioned "They are almost finished their second album which is called In Loving Memory".[24] Early in 2010 the band signed a publishing deal with Dramatico Publishing, a New York based publisher.[25]
The band released Lung Sum in October 2010. Lung Sum was the first official single taken from In Loving Memory. The film clip was featured as 'indie clip of the week' on ABC TV's Rage [26] In February 2011, Jai Pyne mentioned recording credits in an interview with an Australian music website The Au review, stating that British Engineer/Producer "Tom McFall is just finishing off the mixes as we speak in London" as well as stating the band were having the album mastered in London "at the Exchange, with Mike Marsh". McFall has previously worked with UK rock band Bloc Party[27] and Canadian indie rock group Stars
In Loving Memory was released on June 17th 2011 and has been critically acclaimed by both Australian and overseas media:
"In Loving Memory is a feat of originality and discipline" Brag Magazine (Aus)[28]
"One of the most indisputably forward thinking albums of 2011" Stereoboard (UK)[29]
"In Loving Memory is a revelation. I am not overly familiar with The Paper Scissors, and what I assumed would be a slightly better than average album has been one of my favorites of 2011" Indie Shuffle (U.S)[30]
The album was featured as Album of The Week on Sydney's influential FBi Radio as well as receiving regular airplay on Californian StationKCRW which is considered "one of the most influential independent music radio stations around the globe"KCRW Wiki.