July 25, 2007

Trigger Finger

Papertrigger “Riot Lovers EP”

At some point in the 1930s, a man entered a bank with his gun casually stuck in the waist of his pants. (Because it was the ’30s. And you could do that then. No problem.)

He went to pull out his keys, got them caught on the trigger, and nearly blew his business off.

The key word is nearly, because his grandson, one Joshua Taylor, exists. He and Brian James Dwyer, Chris Manglos, Andrew Honess, and Adam Smith make up the band Papertrigger, and their Riot Lovers EP is on sale now.

What do they sound like? Put it this way: If we were on a boat with a bunch of Vikings looking for some giant squid to kill, this is what would be playing. It would be madness, and it would be wonderful.

They say their influences range from Ben Folds Five to Supertramp to Radiohead to pierogies. We say whatever. Check them out live if you can.

They’ll blow your nuts off.

Available online at papertrigger.com.