In this digital age, many a band relies solely on messy lyric search engines to display the words that accompany their music. Rather than pour over pages printed on glossy paper, we Google for posts by other listeners, which is quite subjective. And while Seal might be okay with any interpretation, some listeners just want to know the true meaning.
Which brings me to Faded Paper Figures. Much in the style of The Postal Service, the Californian indie-electronica band features both male and female vocals, punctuated with both organic drums and electro blips. Like the Postal Service's Give Up, their 2010 album New Medium was recorded unusually (in the case of FPF, on both coasts of the United States, in the case of the Postal Service, by mail). And their gorgeous lyrics are gorgeously displayed in one place, with hyperlink annotations to give context for where their got their inspiration. You mean there's someone using the Internet to give rather than take credit? Yes, indeed Faded Paper Figures is something different. If you don't believe me...
"the cold is nice, when love is ice, our solitude will warm the room.
we'll melt here like icicles, electric and lyrical, our solitude will warm the room"
we'll melt here like icicles, electric and lyrical, our solitude will warm the room"
...click here.
