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Papier M​â​ché

by Sam and Louise Sullivan

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Bargeman Dub 02:39
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2.
Pastilla 04:16
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3.
Pointer Sisters 03:14
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Nora 01:57
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5.
Africando 95 04:23
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Holy Philly 03:54
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Let the Good Lord In 02:14
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Baby 02:52
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California 03:22
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Apartment 02:54
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Toiletries 04:50
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about

Papier-mache is our first real recording experience. Kevin Basko produced the album and from the moment we met him we knew that Kevin shared our commitment to good songs and performance above tricks and aesthetics. He knew to force us to sing through our ramshackle tunes without a metronome, live and raw, and build out tracks that adhere to their intentional if wobbly cores. We had very few references for this album—in fact, we rarely demo our songs. Sam brings the songs to Louise often for the first time when they meet up at Kevin’s house, where they play the song with an acoustic guitar a few times and then cut the take right away. The sound of the album is indebted to our love of the Roches, Richard and Linda Thompson, Buju Banton, 90s Merengue, Jonathan Richman, the country and old-time music we love, and more. We wanted the songs on Papier-Mache to feel familiar without being nostalgic. We never want to affect a persona as an aesthetic—we want to make what we love new again. Many of these songs were written in the weeks between recording sessions; as the album grew, Kevin and Louise would give Sam little songwriting assignments. He can really only write one song at a time, being somewhat of an amateur musician.

credits

released October 5, 2023

Recorded and produced by Kevin Basko
2022-2023 at Historic New Jersey PHL

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Sam Sullivan
Louise Sullivan
Kevin Basko
Orlando Hernandez
Emily Moales

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