Tasmanian rockers Paper Souls have released their debut album ‘The Great and The Grieving’. Paper Souls have reimagined old songs and mixed them in with fresh new material to bring you their debut album. A long way from their early days as an acoustic duo, the five piece band are formed of husband and wife Sarah (vocals and percussion) and Luke (guitar and vocals), and are joined by Josef Bound (drums), Tom Harvey (bass) and Angus Austin (keys).Over the years, the band have featured at most of Tasmania’s biggest festivals, including Party in The Paddock, The Falls Festival (Marion Bay), Festivale and The Taste Of Tasmania and also supported ARIA Award Winners Killing Heidi and COG on their recent Tasmanian tours.

‘The Great and The Grieving’ is a powerful album of alternative rock as Paper Souls lace their tracks in gusto, emotion and 90’s grunge elements. With shredding guitars, anthemic choruses and pummeling drums the album is a dynamic collection or tracks. The band manage to create a sound that blends and twinkles with eerie haunting soundscapes and bashing rock tones. ’Feeling Unknown’, ‘Shapes’ and ‘Put Me To Shame’ all rumble with the raging rhythmic foundation and brawn filled drum progressions of Paper Souls while the intense jabs on guitar and jaunty keys provide a lighter tone and contrasting texture to the darker elements. With a mixture of soft vocals, rasped exclaims and lush harmonies the album is diverse and engaging. The band flesh out their power ballads with 90’s grunge infused passion. The moodier tracks like ‘Reading Minds’ use icy soundscapes to create the lonely alternative rock atmosphere allowing the lamenting keys and guitar distortion build the song’s tension right up to the power rock crescendo of shredding guitars and expressive vocals. 

‘The Great and The Grieving’ is a tight cohesive album of mighty alternative rock anthems as Paper Souls use bittersweet melodies, and dynamic instrumentation to create a moving and rich collection of tracks.

Frontman Luke says that whilst he writes a lot about his personal observations and experiences, “the band’s collaboration keeps the listener always discovering something new and dynamic for the ear to digest.” 

Stream ‘The Great and The Grieving’ below

Author : Danu