“ Ben is like the George Harrison of the band,” he clarifies. In a way, I feel like divine intervention stepped in, rather than it being just my personal creation.”Īngell also has a deep respect for keyboardist Benjamin Anderson. It’s because of all those things that I think we created something here that’s really special. And that in turn inspired us to up our game and keep coming up with better and better material. “ But I think our grassroots approach inspired him, and reminded him why he got into playing rock ‘n’ roll in the first place. “ He’s got so much going on with his other legendary successes that he certainly didn’t have to keep working with us,” Angell concedes. Of course, having a low-end impresario like Duff McKagan ( Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) handling the bass duties doesn’t hurt either. For a song to have made it to the final album, it had to pass a pretty rigid test from the other three people in the band to get there.”
If it’s art, it should reflect a vision that’s taken as far as it can be in order to satisfy that vision. “ There’s a lot of collaboration on the album, but not a lot of compromise. “ People aren’t shy in this band about letting the others know their opinions, that’s for sure - but that’s also why I think the music we all came up with here is that good,” Angell continues. Standing one’s ground while in the studio leads to ultimately better song results. Sometimes it’s painful, but at the end of the day, we all feel really good about what we’ve accomplished together.” In our band, everybody has a lot of good ideas that we’re all willing to fight for. If you have an idea and you’re not willing to fight for it, then maybe it’s not that good of an idea in the first place. “ There’s some creative tension, sure, but the music benefits from it. “ Barrett and I sometimes come at things from different directions,” Angell admits. The true secret sauce of Walking Papers lies within the push-pull collaborative connection between Angell and drummer Barrett Martin ( Screaming Trees, Mad Season, and 2017 Latin Grammy producer nominee). But not always!” he adds with a hearty laugh. But at the same time, in some of those songs, I can be who I want to be in society - a considerate, compassionate, empathetic human being. Perhaps the Walking Papers band manifesto is best described via a few key lines from “ My Luck Pushed Back,” the driven opening-track dirge that kicks off the whole WP2 ride: “ The truth is somewhere in the middle/Yeah, that’s why I prefer the edge.” Angell very much agrees, noting, “ I try to incorporate a sense of sarcasm and humility into my songs and the characters who reside in them to show how ridiculous people can be sometimes. 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 mastered by Chris Hanzsek, WP2 builds on the promising template of the band’s self-titled 2013 debut, which featured deeply impactful tracks like “ The Whole World’s Watching” and “ Capital T.” WP2 brings the band into their wholly ascendant second phase with aurally galvanizing statements like the fuzztastic footstomper “ Death on the Lips,” the anthemic buildup of “ Red & White,” and the delicate yet forceful declarative shuffle of “ Don’t Owe Me Nothin’.” Indeed, Walking Papers have upped the sonic ante with the lucky 13 tracks put forth on their aptly dubbed second album WP2, which is set for release on Janufrom Loud & Proud Records. In a weird way, I think that raises the bar for what artists need to do with their own work.” “ Everyone now has access to everything related to music, right at their fingertips - every recorded sound, endless lessons for kids to learn every guitar lick, and the very foundation of music and where it all comes from. “ There’s no excuse to not be great anymore,” believes WP frontman, guitarist/vocalist Jefferson Angell.
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The hard-rocking Seattle quartet Walking Papers knows exactly how to forge the sounds that back up everything they want to be as a vibrant creative entity. It’s a mantra many rock bands of today tend to give great lip service to, but often fail to deliver the goods to back up their lofty claims.
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