Sometimes a band friends you on My Space and you listen to one song and wonder what the hell prompted the band to friend you. A quick deny later and all is right with the world. Very occasionally you like the first song enough to listen on and then you end up listening to their songs over and over. That's what happened when Wrapping Paper friended me. The first song you land on is 'Hold up the Neon Sign' which is poppy yet fuzzy blast of great indiepop - this is the sort of sound that gets my attention - not fast and distorted punk - but rather joyous pop. Elsewhere the fuzz is reduced and the pop is more polished be it the nice guitar hum of 'One Step Two Step' which is just a really lovely little song or the simply wonderful 'Don't Turn Around' which reminds me a little of bands like The Bats. The band hail from Minnesota in the USA. The band have released a 6 track EP (MP3 only) on Borrowdeer. The band seem to write a song for every person that buys the EP. I have no clue whether this 'offer' is still on going. We shall see as I have just purchased the EP! You can even hear some of the songs written for purchasers - here.
I got a song written for me by Wrapping Paper and it's really good. I would recommend it to anyone.