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Toon Time Raw! marked Jerry Paper's transition from an awkward, semi-ironic bedroom pop musician to an accomplished conceptual artist with a smooth, expressive voice and surrealist, thought-provoking lyrics. Trading their garish MIDI instrumentation for a proper backing band (namely BadBadNotGood, performing incognito as Easy Feelings Unlimited) proved to be a wise move that couldn't have come soon enough. Like a Baby is Paper's first album for Stones Throw and was co-produced by BBNG's Matty Tavares, with guest backing vocals and instrumentation from Weyes Blood, Charlotte Day Wilson, and Mild High Club's Alex Brettin. The songs are easygoing and funky, with bubbly keyboards and creamy vocals that melt into arrangements seemingly designed to distract the listener from paying attention to the lyrics, which express the anxiety of living in modern society. Over the slow, stiff funk of "Did I Buy It?," Paper states that apocalypse was imminent from the beginning before asking "Did I buy it, or was it sold to me?," and they further ponder their impulses to spend on songs like "Commercial Break" and "My God." The album ends with "More Bad News," a subdued acoustic strummer about constantly attempting to escape the endless barrage of media ("I left my phone at home, it feels healthier"). Jerry Paper still seems like an alien trapped in a human body, doing their best to blend in with a society they have trouble understanding. They're closer to being more normal than ever, but somehow that makes them seem even stranger.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
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ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Nicky Benedek, Composer, Producer - Proximal Arts Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Weyes Blood, MainArtist - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Mild High Club, MainArtist - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Matty Tavares, Composer, Producer - Third Side Music (SOCAN), MusicPublisher - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Leland Whitty, Composer, Producer - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Third Side Music (SOCAN), MusicPublisher - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
ASCAP, MusicPublisher - Jerry Paper, MainArtist - Lucas Nathan, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
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Toon Time Raw! marked Jerry Paper's transition from an awkward, semi-ironic bedroom pop musician to an accomplished conceptual artist with a smooth, expressive voice and surrealist, thought-provoking lyrics. Trading their garish MIDI instrumentation for a proper backing band (namely BadBadNotGood, performing incognito as Easy Feelings Unlimited) proved to be a wise move that couldn't have come soon enough. Like a Baby is Paper's first album for Stones Throw and was co-produced by BBNG's Matty Tavares, with guest backing vocals and instrumentation from Weyes Blood, Charlotte Day Wilson, and Mild High Club's Alex Brettin. The songs are easygoing and funky, with bubbly keyboards and creamy vocals that melt into arrangements seemingly designed to distract the listener from paying attention to the lyrics, which express the anxiety of living in modern society. Over the slow, stiff funk of "Did I Buy It?," Paper states that apocalypse was imminent from the beginning before asking "Did I buy it, or was it sold to me?," and they further ponder their impulses to spend on songs like "Commercial Break" and "My God." The album ends with "More Bad News," a subdued acoustic strummer about constantly attempting to escape the endless barrage of media ("I left my phone at home, it feels healthier"). Jerry Paper still seems like an alien trapped in a human body, doing their best to blend in with a society they have trouble understanding. They're closer to being more normal than ever, but somehow that makes them seem even stranger.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:28
- Main artists: Jerry Paper
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Stones Throw Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative en Indie
2018 Stones Throw Records 2018 Stones Throw Records
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