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PAPERKING

by wlots

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    First pressing - Burned Paper (Clear w/Black haze) - LTD. to 200. Download codes for FLAC-digital version will be emailed when pre-ordered.

    Update: Estimated shipping time is September 16th 2022

    US customers:
    You can order directly from New Granada Records (newgranada.com) to save some money on shipping. They will have all variants in stock!

    NOTE: Final products might differ from mockups!

    Colors:
    Burned Paper (Clear w/Black haze) - LTD. to 200

    - LP on heavy 180 gram vinyl
    - heavy deluxe sleeve
    - heavy gatefold insert with lyrics

    Side A
    A1 Beach
    A2 Skramz Part II
    A3 Micelord
    A4 Rooftop Nerves
    A5 Wheel
    A6 Paperking

    Side B
    B1 58.015, 14.531
    B2 Pour 3x
    B3 Dagger Romance
    B4 -29.180, -109.329
    B5 Paralyzed
    B6 Coma Kid
    B7 Collapse

    Catalog No. Thirty 040

    Digital album (DL/stream) available from Deep Elm Records.

    Includes unlimited streaming of PAPERKING via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • T-Shirt/Shirt

    Earth Positive EP100 shirt. 100% Organic cotton. Color: Black
    Front: Flower logo, Back: "Screamo is a Humanism" image
    Model: 170 cm / 5′ 7 wearing size medium.
    ships out within 7 days

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  • Streaming + Download

     

  • Cassette + Digital Album

    Self-made cassette tapes featuring "Screamo is a Humanism" labelling. Comes cellowrapped. Includes J-card (Design courtesy of Callous Records).

    Comes in 'Apricot' (recycled plastic) with clear case, or 'Antique Gold' with classic black backed case.
    Double-sided, no re-wind required. Just flip the tape to start again.

    (One random tape has hidden "Demo B-side" of 'Paperking' including unreleased songs)

    Includes unlimited streaming of PAPERKING via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days
    edition of 50 

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  • Callous Records Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Limited Edition Cassettes from Callous Records

    Includes unlimited streaming of PAPERKING via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.
I fear I’m getting isolated. It might be unintentional but every time I see them I can hear whispers behind my back. A dot outside the inner circle suddenly not notified. Like ink erased from its own paper. Please my friends just take me back (Clueless) I don’t know where I went wrong (Helpless) I’ll turn back just let me know (Deafened) The choir I can’t hear its song (Ruined) Left to rest here on my own I fear I changed my presentation. Something just won’t satisfy because every time I see you I can hear whispers behind my back A tone lost in the sweetest birdsong - a symphony disharmonized. A lion pushed out of the pack - I’m suddenly not notified. A moon drifting outside its orbit, excluded by some gravity. The rose lens on our telescope is gone. My friends, please take me back. The choir, I can’t hear its song Clueless Helpless Deafened Ruined
2.
The language it speaks/Ears to the ground The secret it keeps/Follow the sound You crawl up the stairs/A slave to the beat And what you’ll find there is that you are no one at all It comes between what you are and where you want to be The bitter melody The rhythm you feel/It came through the wall Body & soul/Swallowed you whole You travelled the earth with no purpose The language it speaks/Ears to the ground The secret it keeps/Follow the sound The bitter melody
3.
Walking home, this awkward road. Tangled close, can’t let you go. Could it be an accident? It could be like you said It’s on repeat, it’s everywhere. Through the park and up the stairs. Like a stone on my mind. It’s everywhere. It’s everywhere. It’s on repeat, it’s everywhere. Through the park and up the stairs. Through the night like a mare. It’s everywhere. It’s everywhere. We echo through quiet streets. No battery, just you and me. We could be an accident or you could lie to yourself. Rooftop nerves like smoke in my lungs. Can you repair a broken promise? Bottles braking down below us. Hearts are racing, “you’re so toxic”. It’s on repeat what you said / It doesn’t make any sense Through the day like a thread. It’s on repeat but you aren’t there. Through the day like a thread - It’s everywhere It’s everywhere
4.
The wheel goes round and round, we’re are so high over the ground. My heart is thumping, it just pounds and pounds and pounds. Your voice is music to my ears. I wish it could stay this way for years and years and years But the wheel goes round and round I don’t ever want to come down, but what comes up sometime must come down. That’s the way it is. I’m not ready for the ground to hit
5.
My bones tell me/I’m old Keep feeling/I’m rusted Wake up and still/I’m dishonest I’m not what you think/I can’t be trusted In my dreams/All disarray I’m a better man/Still led astray Could someone please/Looking for Lend me a hand?/A light in the dark It feels like I am drowning now, Could someone please just help me out? I’m wading through the razor vines, Could someone please just help me out? I’m old/Is this the end of our path I’m jaded/thought it would last I’m a book/spineless And my words have faded In my dreams/Back to the source I’m a better man/Changing the course When morning brakes/Face it I’m the Paper king/It’s inside my bones It feels like I am drowning now. Could someone please just help me out? I’m wading through the razor vines. It feels like I’m about to die. Tears are filling up my eyes. See my hand I’m reaching out. I’m wading through the razor vines. I’m the Paper king, it’s sundown I’m wading through razor vines I feel myself slowly drown Could someone please just help me out? I’m sinking like a stone
6.
I told them they were wearing me down. They didn’t know what I was talking about. When I told them all my words they just fell to the floor. You’re the ocean I’m the faucet, I just pour and pour and pour Pouring words onto paper. The beauty could not have come from you. I never mattered to myself. Whatever, let’s live our lives in parallel Now I’m afraid to talk about it, to bring it up again. So we keep fighting over nothing, or everything... No one knows that you’re gone, but you know that you are I hope our roads won’t cross again, that love will find us in the end, that love could save me from myself. It won’t. No one knows that you’re gone, but you know that you are
7.
So you dream of days when morning brakes and sunlight paints you both? But the picture could not be prettier as she danced up there alone. You’re in a crowded room. You spill out onto the roof and the moonlight fills you up And she says, ”What makes you feel like a clown?... I’ve got the same thing. I’ve got the same thing...” But you’re a wolf without a smile. You’re a friend without a song. You’re bad news all over. Like a bad year that’s hanging over me. I’ll waste my time on you So you dream of days when morning brakes and sunlight paints you both?
8.
Surrender to the sound. We’re beautiful. Our roots are strong and they want to see us fall. We do what’s right, we’re not alone. Their force is strong but together we stand tall. In the streets the city sings a sound so loud you just can’t shut it out. You and me, and everyone - an undying bond. Imagine the freedom - it’s love. The aimless. The voiceless. Wake up to the sound. Our roots are strong and they want to see us fall. We do what’s right. We’re not alone. Our roots are strong and together we stand tall. The hopeless. The ruined. There is no one to blame but yourself. You are responsible. Now your roots have been unearthed. You have been detached and life is rolling by on a movie screen. The moment you seek, the release, the awakening from this dream, it can’t be done on your own. You are paralyzed. You are dying but not living. But your veins, they are connected and blood runs through whether you try or don’t. The Paper king in his castle, The friend on a rooftop. Are you the seed? Could you break through the pavement? (Wake up) The aimless (Wake up) The voiceless We’re beautiful - and in the streets - a sound so loud you just can’t shut it out. Imagine the freedom, it’s love.
9.
We come together when worlds collapse. You tend to see it clearly when no one else does. A dandelion bond - fragile and thin, brakes through the pavement when nothing else will. Collapse So used to the fighting we’re all enemies. Go for their throat with copper nail. We’re all dying to feel good and it’s too bad, you couldn’t trust your daughters when worlds collapse. Brake through the surface Our roots grow stronger Our future is open wide

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This is our sophomore album Paperking.


The full digital album is available at deepelmdigital.com/album/paperking

The provided digital tracks are not for sale, only used to promote this record on Bandcamp.

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released September 16, 2022

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wlots Göteborg, Sweden

Swedish Screamo.

LP2 ”Paperking” vinyl available through Thirtysomething Records (EU/world) and NewGranada Records (US)

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