Allison Polans (guitar, vocals)
Alec Meltzer (drums, percussion)
Deirdre Loughridge (cello)
Phil D'Agostino (upright and electric bass)
Carl Cheeseman (electric guitar)
Nate Gonzalez (wurlitzer, accordion)
and sometimes:
Andrew Lipke (keys)
Other great contributors include or have included (if you've been in the studio or on stage with us, we consider you family!):
Ben Snodgrass (electric bass), Jason Fraticelli (upright bass), Dan Putrino (electric bass), Rocco Renzetti (electric bass, guitar), Shane Leddy (upright bass), Ross Bellenoit (guitar), Aleksander Yaker (keys), Devin Greenwood (keys), Joel Rose (keys), Raphael Cutrufello (vocals), Gretchen Lohse (violin), Andy Keenan (pedal steel), Bevin Caulfield (vocals), Annachristie Sadler (vocals), Gary Lebiedzinski (drums, percussion), Chris Bathgate (mandolin) AND Suzie brown (vocals)!
Influences
Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co., Feist, Astrud Gilberto, Neil Young, Patsy Cline, Azure Ray, Cat Power, Belle & Sebastian, Johnny Cash, June Carter, The Magnetic Fields, Mirah, Neutral Milk Hotel, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Portishead, Hayden, The Microphones, Grandaddy, Otis Redding, Doug Martsch, Amy Winehouse, The Weeds, The Beatles, Sondre Lerche, Sufjan Stevens, Red House Painters, Sigur Ros, Bjork, John Vanderslice, Jason Anderson, Madeleine Peyroux, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, The Floorbirds, Hanne Hukkelberg, Andrew Bird, Beck, Beulah, Wilco, The Unicorns, Langhorne Slim, Hezekiah Jones, Andrew Lipke, Joshua Pride, Bevin Caulfield, Annachristie Sadler, Red Heart the Ticker, and more Friends and Family! Also: the Environment, Listening to people unseen, Mornings, Late nights w/ little sleep, What can and cannot be seen, and Wanderlust.
We are constantly evolving. papertrees began with Allison writing, strumming a guitar, and vocalizing some songs but has now grown into a family of sounds. The core crew also consists of Deirdre Loughridge (cello), Alec Meltzer (drums, percussion), Phil D'Agostino (upright bass), Carl Cheeseman (electric guitar), and Nate Gonzalez (organ, keys and accordion). We've had the beautiful pleasure of performing with Andrew Lipke (organ, keys) for several moons as well! We are excited for the fullness of music we can send to you in soundwaves.
Keep checking back soon for more new, full band recordings!
People say really nice things:
"The music that Papertrees creates has a folk vibe with a jazz-esque undertone. If that's not enough to spike your interest how about check out Allison Polans’ voice? Allison sings with such a rich timbre and warm tone that definitely makes all in earshot take notice." - Foreverlostinasong.com
"“Feist and Jason Molina made a baby?” No, that’s not gossip from the indie rock world—that’s what local gal-with-guitar Allison Polans wrote in the “Sounds Like” section of her MySpace page. It’s actually a pretty apt summation of her music: There’s both a sophisticated, sorta-jazzy tinge to her husky voice and arrangements (that’s the Feist gene), and an affecting, world-weary vibe in her simple, folky acoustic strumming and heartsick lyrics (that’s the DNA of Molina, of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. fame). Don’t be surprised to hear little tiny bits of Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power), PJ Harvey and Brandi Carlile in Polans’ delivery. But this growing baby seems talented enough to stand all on her own soon enough." (M.A.G.) - Philadelphia Weekly
"...a budding songwriter backed by familiar faces and soon to be plagued by Cat Power comparisons." (Doug Wallen) - Philadelphia Weekly
"If you’re looking for a good acoustic act that has no immediate plans to leave the city I speak so highly of, you should check out Allison Polans. Her music is brutally honest without making the listener feel excluded, a quality seldom encountered in the world of young musicians. With her soulful voice and addictive charm, Polans is best experienced live." (Jon Weiner) - CampusPhilly.org
Members of papertrees are also members of The Elevator Parade, Hezekiah Jones, Johnny Miles, Adrien Reju, The Spinning Leaves, Deirdre & Conor, and many more! Be sure to check those bands out too! Papertrees is always looking for more shows so we can crowd your stage and make you smile.
papertrees (and Allison solo) has shared the stage with many wonderful folks such as Hezekiah Jones, Roomtone, Elevator Parade, Nicole Atkins & The Sea, April Smith & The Great Picture Show, Devin Greenwood, Hoots & Hellmouth, The Spinning Leaves, Kind of Like Spitting, Frida Hyvonen, The Feverfew, Andrew Lipke, Amy Pickard, Rarebirds, Bettie Seervert, This Radiant Boy, Early Day Miners, Alphabet Army, Shelley Short, Wes Mattheu, Hop Along Queen Ansleis, Franzschubert, Kristi Rae, Adam Arcuragi, Walker Lundee, Phonograph, Cowmuddy, The New Time, The Sweetheart Parade, Natalie Walker, Quintero, The Sisters3, AND MORE!
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Amazing News::: Brat Productions & rock bands: Toothless George, Devin Greenwood, Franzschubert, Danny McKane, & Allison Polans (papertrees) have won the 2007 Barrymore Award for The Ted and Stevie Wolf Award For New Approaches to Collaborations!!!!!!!
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Black N Mild & DJ REDNESS presents: The Variety Show Mixtape: Season One
DOWNLOAD RIGHT HERE
http://hear-it-first.net/?p=12201
Black N Mild presents: The Variety Show Mixtape: Season One hosted by DJ Redness, including features from T-Pain, Asher Roth, Trey Songz, Plies even Taylor Swift along with others....
1. Intro 2. Check This Out- Black N Mild ft. Platinum 3. I Love College Remix- Asher Roth ft. Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 4. Can't Believe It Remix- T-Pain & Justin Timberlake & Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 5. Everbody Else- Black N Mild ft. T-Pain 6. Give & Take- Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 7. Love Story Remix- Taylor Swift ft. Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) & Dzyne 8. Sex Game Right- Black N Mild ft. Plies 9. Thinkin of You- Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) & Trey Songz 10. Vicki Vicki Secrets- Black N Mild ft. DIO 11. Call My Name Remix- LifeUnda ft. Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 12. You & Me- Black N Mild ft. DIO & DG & Lonestar 13. Gun Powder & Lead- Black N Mild ft. Lonestar & Miranda Lambert 14. Scarecrow- Black N Mild 15. Birthday Sex Remix- Jeremih ft. Chief Stockton (of Black N Mild) 16. Outro
our new album, "best excuses", has been uploaded on www.yearlongday.com. thank you for patiently waiting to hear it, and stay tuned for the official cd release!
Come join us Friday May 15th @ 9:00 PM @ Club Risque! All Out Friday Night featuring Dive, Even The Res, and Spy The Thinker - $10 gets you into the show upstairs and the gentleman's club downstairs. For updates check www.myspace.com/risquelive.
Hi! We have a new 12inch EP release by 2econd Class Citizen! Featuring Ceschi, Reindeer & James P Honey + Remixes by Bias, Playpad Circus & Zoen. Some tracks are on our player if you get a minute… Thanks.
yo, wassup u gotta come out 2morrow.. we're doin the Drexel Battle of the Bands at 4 thirty.. The winner opens up for Lupe Fiasco May 9th @ Drexel... It's in "Nesbitt Hall (room 111) on 33rd and market" Call 2679714998 if u have any questions.. This is BIG.. We need u to come out and support.. It's free to get in
We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit your info at www.coast2coastsubmissions.com for your chance to get a spot on the next mixtape!
Circle Recording Studios Open House on Sunday (March 29 from 1 to 4 pm). We'd LOVE to see you -- and show off our brand new state of the art studio and top of the line Digidesign equipment now running ProTools HD 8.0! We are musicians with 20 years of experience in recording and performing. We know how expensive it can be to record your music. We are here to help. Other area studios with identical equipment charge up to $130 an hour. Our rate is $65 an hour and you get a free half hour of setup time. Come look around our new facility, talk to the engineers about your recording project, duplication needs, or our TRACKS recording classes. Hope to see you ! Please RSVP to information@circlerecordingstudios.com.
helloooo Alison and company! A - we missed you at the Sondre Lerche show at World Cafe Live! we were looking forward to saying hello and catching up a bit.
if you lovely folks aren't busy next Wednesday, March 25th, please join us at the Tin Angel for an evening of whimsical, catchy originals, wonderfully obscure covers, and lots of cheap, fun music!
here's the scoop: yearlongday TJ Leis Brian Flanagan Stellium
tickets $8 doors at 8:00 yearlongday hits the stage at 8:30; we'll have all our little gadgets and some merch and our game faces on!
hope to see your smilin' faces in the crowd - in fact, any faces would be great! we're really looking forward to making some yld history!
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The show tonight at Chaplin's was absolutely amazing! My very first time hearing Papertrees live and it was a wonderful set of wonderful songs! Thanks for the enrichment!
first: thanks for being a pal and hope u dig our jayums, we're working on more.
and B: we're coming to play them@The Khyber wed 11th so come out and hang!
ok. bye for now.
xo
~ff
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