Биография

The Paper Jets play indie rock that won’t sit still. Since the release of their 2014 album "We Are All Strange Friends" and 2015 EP "Almost Nine," the band's founding members Brian Erickson (lead vocals/guitar) and Frank Lettieri Jr. (drums) have perfected their musical alchemy with new additions Michael James Virok (lead guitar) and Scott Austin Miller (bass/vocals), resulting in songs that push the group’s early power-pop sound in exciting new directions. Driving punk tunes crash into horn-inflected beach parties, breezy guitar-pop tracks take hard left turns into synth-rock jams, and insular ballads slow-burn into full-throated rock anthems. It's the kind of music that should give listeners whiplash but doesn't. And that's because, at the heart of it all, The Paper Jets write sturdy pop songs. They just put them through the ringer afterward to see how strong they really are. That approach — inspired by the philosophy of Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy in the film "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" — has led the Asbury Park, NJ-based band to a career peak with their second full-length album, "Everyday Forever." Written, produced, recorded, and mixed by the band themselves with mastering by Rodney Mills (Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Beastie Boys), the album combines the punkish alt-rock of early Weezer with the anthemic power and ambitious songwriting of The Who, the pop sensibility and giant hooks of The Beach Boys, and the hard-rock guitar heroics of Van Halen.