Paper Aeroplanes – We Are Ghosts

New Mini-Album Released 4th April 2011

"very strong debut... a confident collection of gems" Record of the day (debut album review)

“you could streak the sky with this album's melodies and people would stand, necks craned, mouths agape, gasping at the beauty of it all... It has an effortless, uncontrived universality" Adam Walton BBC Radio Wales

Paper Aeroplanes is a girl and a boy from Westest Wales, now based in the capital of Wales and the capital of England. They make melancholy-tinged acoustic music centred around distinctive vocals.

Their recent single, ‘Not as Old’ was playlisted on national radio – including a Bob Harris session on BBC Radio 2 and gathered a multitude of regional radio plays. The track - written and produced with Matt Prime (Will Young, Eliza Doolittle) drew much praise from enthused critics and bloggers alike.

We Are Ghosts is Paper Aeroplanes’ new mini-album which follows a tumultuous past year for the duo. Suffering the frustrations of being churned through the major record label excitement mill - i.e. courted and schmoozed by big-wigs at well-known labels, sitting in countless platinum- plaqued offices listening to many ‘definite maybes’ from chin-stroking decision-makers.

"First a top A&R guy travelled to Cardiff for a specially arranged showcase with us”, says lead singer Sarah, "then the man responsible for a well-known international artist’s career set up 3 showcases and took us out for drinks in a Soho Members Club. We’re waiting for someone to make that move, but still wanted to put our new material out there. I'm sure it's a familiar tale but it can be hard to deal with and easy to lose your identity as artists".

The new record marks a change in approach and a feeling of independence, with comparisons already being drawn to Turin Brakes, Mazzy Star and Alison Krauss. Produced and recorded entirely by the band in guitarist Richard's flat, the songs are all acoustic lead and possess a warm, genuine but distinctly raw feel which they felt the previous album lacked. We Are Ghosts was mixed by David Wrench (Kathryn Williams, Stephanie Dosen, Y Niwl, Guillemots).

We Are Ghosts is a truthful hard-worked labour of love, written and recorded with integrity, frustration, emotion and guile. Available from iTunes and directly from their website.

Free download “Flee” cleared for posting: www.paperaeroplanesmusic.com/media

Catch Paper Aeroplanes live:

Sat, Feb 05, 12:30 pm, Union Chapel, London, FREE Thu, Mar 24, 7:30 pm, Upstairs @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield, £5 Fri, Mar 25, 1:00 pm, The Hours Bookshop & Cafe, Brecon, FREE Fri, Mar 25, 8:00 pm, The Chattery, Swansea, £7 Sat, Mar 26, 7:30 pm, The Queen's Hall, Narbeth, £7 Thu, Mar 31, 8:00 pm, Portobello Acoustic Sessions @ The Metropolitan, Notting Hill, London, FREE Fri, Apr 01, 8:00 pm, The Brewery Tap, Ipswich, FREE Sat, Apr 02, 7:30 pm, The Folkhouse, Bristol, £6 Fri, Apr 08, 7:30 pm, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, £6

www.paperaeroplanesmusic.com // facebook.com/paperaeroplanesmusic // twitter.com/sarahaeroplane //youtube.com/paperaeroplanesmusic // myspace.com/paperaeroplanes

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REQUEST A CD/INTERVIEW PLEASE CONTACT:

Ben Allen at BAM! [email protected] +44 7884 368 168 + 44 20 3397 0947

Notes to the editor /additional info:

Paper Aeroplanes – Coffee Shops and Cafes

In an age where people are buying more and more online, where global chains are elbowing out true independents and where we want everything faster and ever more convenient… a self- managed folk/pop band from the Westest extremes of Wales are slowing things down.

"The idea started when tracks from their debut album were added to the Costa Coffee playlist. We had texts and emails from friends all over the country saying they'd heard us in Costa; but being added to the great wash of ubiquitous elevator muzak didn't seem to introduce us to many new fans. Starbucks tried to start a music label and Caffe Nero host unplugged live events, but we just thought, what about the Indies? Our music, ethos and tastes are far more geared to those smaller, unique hidden gems and we wanted to play with that idea." - Sarah Howells - lead singer.

It’s a simple concept. The band has produced a batch of limited edition 4 track CDs with the details of their 12 favourite UK cafes on the back. Those cafes will give away the CDs, free with food purchases, and the band, in return, will promote the cafes to their fans and networks. Its small businesses of different kinds sticking together.

The 4 track CD features the track ‘Safe Hands’ from forthcoming mini album, We Are Ghosts, (released April 2011). The second song, ‘Black Seeds’, is exclusive to the CD and unavailable anywhere else. It’s completed with a new acoustic version of Bob Harris' favourite ‘Orange Lights’ and a live version of the band’s debut single ‘Cliché’, which was recorded at a sell-out gig in St John's Church in Cardiff.

"Outstanding, I'm a big Paper Aeroplanes fan" - Bob Harris BBC Radio 2

For more information and a copy of the coffee shop CD please contact Ben Allen, details overleaf.

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