Paper Beat Scissors
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | INDIE
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PRESS QUOTES - paper beat scissors
“This isn’t merely indie folk music: Paper Beat Scissors is a genuine work of effortless art.” – Pop Matters (USA)
“Crabtree’s more than one to watch, he’s one to listen to, now.” – Americana UK
“…potent enough for an otherworld experience...” – CBC (CAN)
“Tim Crabtree is one of Canada’s most undersung, overly talented, and seriously impressive musical visionaries.” – Something Daily (CAN)
“…a beautiful work of art. If this doesn’t make it on the 2012 Polaris Prize Nominee list, there’s something wrong with that jury.” – Stage Door (CAN)
"The songs simultaneously shimmer and float" - Kieler-Nachrichten (GERMANY)
“A masterpiece...truly inspiring” – Shimo Midai (JAPAN)
“…you’ll be stirred for life.” – Leicester Bangs (UK)
“Tim Crabtree is incantatory on his self-titled debut album…” – NOW Magazine (CAN)
“…impressive…” – Exclaim! (CAN)
“…masterfully realized…” – The Coast (CAN)
"A star in the making... a ruthlessly emotional singer... One of the scene's most haunting singers and original songwriters" - Ottawa Sun (CAN)
"Beautiful" - Laurie Brown, The Signal, CBC Radio 2 (CAN)
"Tim Crabtree has such a unique sound that it's hard to put his ambient, folk melodies into word. Cinematic in scope, it builds dynamic results with the most subtle, gentle touch. Each time I see Tim on stage I leave speechless" -
Herohill.com (CAN)
"a haunting sound" - The Chronicle Herald (CAN)
“a stunning debut album.” – The Fulcrum (CAN)
“Tim's music is quickly being embraced in underground circles around the globe
so it won't be long before he has a large and devoted following. Get in on the ground floor now.” – Baby Sue (USA)
“a record wrought with emotion...passionate vocals at the forefront...I’m absolutely hooked” – Buying Shots for Bands (CAN)
“I wish I could say more about this album’s genius, but I am truly at a loss for words...” – Unknown Trombone (CAN)
"Paper Beat Scissors is a unique and special artist. Sounding unlike anything else on today’s music scene, Paper Beat Scissors is the type of act that comes along once in a generation. A band that you, as a music fan, need to experience." – Halifax Musicphile (CAN)
“BEST-OF” 2012 LISTS
Sound and Vision, Mexico: http://soundandvisionmex.com/2012/12/19/los-mejores-40-debuts-de-2012/
CBC Atlantic Airwaves
http://www.cbc.ca/atlanticairwaves/2013/01/04/atlantic-airwaves-celebrates-12-of-2012/
BRBR
http://brbr.tfo.org/post/39929030594/recap-2012-une-heure-plus-tot-dans-les-maritimes
Broken Speaker
http://thebrokenspeaker.com/2012/12/11/best-of-12-local-releases-6-15/
GrayOwl Point http://grayowlpoint.com/2012/12/19/lauras-top-10-canadian-albums-of-2012/
Stage Door
http://stage-door-reviews.com/tag/stars/
Backstreet Records
http://backstreetrecords.blogspot.ca/2012/12/25-paper-beat-scissors-st-forward.html
CHMA
http://chmafm.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/chmas-top-50-albums-of-2012/
GrayOwl Point http://grayowlpoint.com/2012/12/20/michaels-top-20-albums-of-2012/
Soundvat
http://soundvat.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/sound-vats-top-25-canadian-albums-of-2012/
Local 107.3
http://localfm.ca/2013/01/09/top-107-3-records-of-2012/
Something Daily
http://somethingdaily.com/the-top-112-albums-of-2012-numbers-14-10/ - multiple
Discography
Paper Beat Scissors (2012) - national airplay on CBC and BBC
Flicker EP (2009) - national airplay on CBC and BBC
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Bio
Musical monstrosity deposited in Halifax, Nova Scotia after the first 23 years in Burnley, England.
Tim Crabtree's haunting voice burns at the centre of the Paper Beat Scissors sound with an honesty and rawness that skirts discomfort. The self-titled debut was mixed by Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara and produced by Mike Feuerstack (Snailhouse, Bell Orchestre) finding national radio play on both sides of the Atlantic and garnering rave reviews and a place on over a dozen 'best-of 2012' lists from as far afield as Mexico and Japan.
Labelled by the CBC as 'must-see act of the summer', in 2012 Paper Beat Scissors opened for Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters) and recorded a collaboration with My Brightest Diamond and Clogs (contributors to the National). None-stop touring across Canada and Europe since will only be broken briefly to begin work on the follow-up album with engineer Dean Nelson (Beck, Thurston Moore).
Praise for the 2012 self-titled debut:
“Crabtree’s more than one to watch, he’s one to listen to, now.” – Americana UK
“This isn’t merely indie folk music: Paper Beat Scissors is a genuine work of effortless art.” – Pop Matters (USA)
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