PAPA's 'Tender Madness' to Release, 10/8

By: Aug. 21, 2013
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The video for the track "Young Rut," off PAPA's upcoming debut full-length Tender Madness, is streaming now at http://vevo.ly/V7lhUi. Directed by Norton, the video portrays an LA story of love and lust starring only the clothes of the subjects involved. Norton explains, "When I first heard the track, it spoke to me of a feeling of longing and letting go of an old self. To me the pants and shirt were a perfect metaphor for being 'stuck' in a situation that you can't get out of-in their case, being forever attached to human bodies, living someone else's life. But like the lyrics say in the song: 'it's just your turn to run.'"
The video for the track "Young Rut," off PAPA's upcoming debut full-length Tender Madness, is streaming now at http://vevo.ly/V7lhUi. Directed by Norton, the video portrays an LA story of love and lust starring only the clothes of the subjects involved. Norton explains, "When I first heard the track, it spoke to me of a feeling of longing and letting go of an old self. To me the pants and shirt were a perfect metaphor for being 'stuck' in a situation that you can't get out of-in their case, being forever attached to human bodies, living someone else's life. But like the lyrics say in the song: 'it's just your turn to run.'"
Tender Madness will be released October 8 via Loma Vista. The new recording follows PAPA's recent double A-side 7" single "Put Me to Work/If You're My Girl Than I'm Your Man" as well as their 2011 EP A Good Woman is Hard to Find, which received critical acclaim from Pitchfork and NYLON, with Los Angeles Times calling it "oft deep and deliberate." To celebrate the new music, the band is currently on a nationwide tour with Cold War Kids. See reverse for details.
Of, the new record multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Darren Weiss notes, "Some of the songs on this album that come across as love songs, or lustful confessions have much more to do with my feelings towards America than any personal romantic longings. Some love songs were written about fictional characters in novels who were oftentimes far more compelling than the creatures I had access to. And sometimes, perhaps most often, I tried in earnest to tell my truths as I lived them." Full track listing on reverse.
PAPA is the brainchild of Weiss and co-songwriter and bassist Danny Presant. Their celebrated live performances have resulted in a string of sold out shows in and around Los Angeles, as well as New York City, San Francisco and London. Additionally, the band has toured extensively, including runs with Girls, Lord Huron, Grouplove, and appeared at festivals such as Outside Lands and FYF Festival.
Tender Madness Track Listing
1. PAPA
2. Put Me To Work
3. Young Rut
4. Forgotten Days
5. Cotton Candy
6. If The Moon Rises
7. Get Me Through The Night
8. If You're My Girl Then I'm Your Man
9. Tender Madness
10. Got To Move
11. I Am A Lion King
12. Replacements (Cuts in the Grass)
Feat. Lydia Rogers
PAPA TOUR DATES
August 21 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom*
August 22 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater*
August 23 Dallas, TX South Side Music Hall*
September 19 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theater*
September 21 Flagstaff, AZ Orpheum Theater*
September 22 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre*
September 24 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre*
September 25 Omaha, NE The Slowdown
September 26 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
September 27 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall*
September 28 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall*
September 29 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue*
September 30 Bloomington, IN The Bishop
October 1 Chicago, IL Schubas
October 4 Kansas City, MO Czar Bar
October 5 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
October 18 Boston, MA House of Blues Boston*
October 19 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
October 21 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel*
October 22 New York, NY Terminal 5*
October 24 Washington, DC 9:30 Club*
October 26 Richmond, VA The National*
* with Cold War Kids
To celebrate the new music, the band is currently on a nationwide tour with Cold War Kids. See reverse for details.
Of, the new record multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Darren Weiss notes, "Some of the songs on this album that come across as love songs, or lustful confessions have much more to do with my feelings towards America than any personal romantic longings. Some love songs were written about fictional characters in novels who were oftentimes far more compelling than the creatures I had access to. And sometimes, perhaps most often, I tried in earnest to tell my truths as I lived them." Full track listing on reverse.
PAPA is the brainchild of Weiss and co-songwriter and bassist Danny Presant. Their celebrated live performances have resulted in a string of sold out shows in and around Los Angeles, as well as New York City, San Francisco and London. Additionally, the band has toured extensively, including runs with Girls, Lord Huron, Grouplove, and appeared at festivals such as Outside Lands and FYF Festival.
Tender Madness Track Listing
1. PAPA
2. Put Me To Work
3. Young Rut
4. Forgotten Days
5. Cotton Candy
6. If The Moon Rises
7. Get Me Through The Night
8. If You're My Girl Then I'm Your Man
9. Tender Madness
10. Got To Move
11. I Am A Lion King
12. Replacements (Cuts in the Grass)
Feat. Lydia Rogers
PAPA TOUR DATES
August 21 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom*
August 22 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater*
August 23 Dallas, TX South Side Music Hall*
September 19 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theater*
September 21 Flagstaff, AZ Orpheum Theater*
September 22 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre*
September 24 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre*
September 25 Omaha, NE The Slowdown
September 26 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
September 27 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall*
September 28 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall*
September 29 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue*
September 30 Bloomington, IN The Bishop
October 1 Chicago, IL Schubas
October 4 Kansas City, MO Czar Bar
October 5 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
October 18 Boston, MA House of Blues Boston*
October 19 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
October 21 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel*
October 22 New York, NY Terminal 5*
October 24 Washington, DC 9:30 Club*
October 26 Richmond, VA The National*
* with Cold War Kids


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