![]() Hammerstein Ballroom’s vaulted, intricately designed ceiling seemed to add a layer of sacredness to Walking Papers’ style of rock n’ roll – which these guys were clearly mastering. Nowadays, fans and critics alike are quick to overcomplicate and overanalyze musicians, but at the end of the day, Walking Papers are modern day rockstars - pure and simple. ![]() Lyrics like that aren’t written overnight, but rather after a lifetime of heartache and scar tissue. ”I throw myself on your grenade but i’m not drinking the Kool-Aid/I know that you’re lying/I just can’t tell if it’s when you say you love me or when you say ‘I wish you’d go to hell’” Witty yet truthful songwriting on ”I Know You’re Lying” is just one example of how cool this man is: Instrumentally, the band is absolutely top notch, but Angell’s brutally honest lyricism is truly what ties this work of art together. “Don’t Owe Me Nothin” and “Death On the Lips” stood out to me as the yin and yang of the album, but Walking Papers’ sheer variation will leave fans drawing their own unique conclusions. Heralded by many as the best rock album of the year, Walking Papers manages to create a sound that is paradoxically familiar yet remains fresh and innovative. ![]() Never lingering on a particular mood for too long, Walking Papers powered their way through a set that featured mostly cuts from “WP2”, their sophomore album released earlier this year on Loud & Proud Records. NEW YORK, NY- Walking Papers is a band whose current line-up consists of vocalist Jeff Angell, bassist Dan Spalding, Benjamin Anderson on the keys, and Will Andrews on percussion, with Gregor Lothian on Sax and Tristan Hart Pierce on guitar, and when they took the Hammerstein Ballroom they didn’t disappoint when they opened for Alice In Chains to a packed crowd of New Yorkers.
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