New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Walking Papers are proud to announce a UK and European Tour, for what promises to be one of the essential tours of 2018.
"When writing a song, I try to capture a moment. When performing live, I let the moment capture me." Says Jeff Angell of Walking Papers. "The energy and enthusiasm of the fans in
Europe and the UK make that easy to do. Many of the songs on WP2 were written while touring there and I'm excited to bring them back to people and places that inspired them."
Walking Papers upped the sonic ante with their aptly dubbed second album WP2, released earlier this year from Loud & Proud Records. Once again deploying the in-sync production handiwork of mixmasters Jack Endino (Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mudhoney) and
Martin Feveyear (Mark Lanegan,
Kings of Leon, Queens of the Stone Age), and Justin Smith (War Paint,
Eagles of Death Metal, The Ravonettes, Queens of the Stone Age) WP2 builds on the promising template of the band's self-titled 2013 debut, which Classic Rock Magazine called "a masterpiece of mood and tension," and Rolling Stone Magazine echoed "dark, alternately sensual and sinister." WP2 brings the band into their wholly ascendant second phase with aurally galvanizing statements like the savage, swaggering backbeat of "Death on the Lips," the anthemic buildup of "Red & White," and the delicate yet forceful declarative shuffle of "Don't Owe Me Nothin'."
Walking Papers elevates Angell's signature character studies in songs like the explosive "Somebody Else" where he croons: "Outside the city's waiting / for a chance to prove me wrong / She's trying to talk me into doing something stupid and doesn't seem to take her very long." "I live vicariously through the characters in our songs." Angell explains "It's healthier for both society and myself that way."
"A song can say in three verses what takes a novel 300 pages to say by what it leaves to the listener's imagination," Angell concludes, With WP2, Walking Papers have inked an indelible sonic contract that guarantees your ears will gladly come back for more.
Watch the Walking Papers - Death On The Lips (Garage Sessions) here:
https://vimeo.com/273645552
Listen to WP2 here : https://open.spotify.com/album/2vrZjvdJnCYfG4txWRLn6T
Tour dates:
19th
September 2018 Tilburg 013
20th
September 2018 Paris Petit Bain
21st
September 2018 Barcelona Razzmatazz 3
22nd
September 2018 Madrid Chango
24th
September 2018 St. Jean De Vedas
26th
September 2018 Zurich Dynamo
29th
September 2018 Frankfurt Nachtleben
1st October 2018 Budapest A38
2nd October 2018 Prague Cafe V Lese
5th October 2018 Berlin Bi Nuu
7th October 2018 Oslo John Dee
8th October 2018 Copenhagen Pumpehuset
Walking Papers is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2012. The band was formed by singer/guitarist Jeff Angell of The Missionary Position, and drummer Barrett
Martin formerly of Screaming Trees.
Guns N' Roses bassists Duff McKagan and keyboardist
Benjamin Anderson were invited to contribute to the band's first album and then we were added as official members. Their self-titled debut album, produced by Angell and
Martin and mixed by Jack Ending, was released on August 16, 2013 and featured contributions by
Pearl Jam and guitarist Mike McCready.
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