Fan favourites Paper Lions have a lot to celebrate this spring and summer! Their music video for “Travelling” just surpassed the 1 million views mark, with numbers continuing to grow by the thousands every day, and they are fresh off the heels of nominations for “Song of the Year” and “Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year” at the 2012 East Coast Music Awards!
“We’re getting views in Kuwait, we’re getting views in Darfour. We’re getting views in Germany, Australia, all over the place… When you start thinking about your music touching that amount of people on a regular basis, it kind of makes my jaw drop a little bit,” says drummer David Cyrus MacDonald of the viral status of the “Travelling” video in an interview with CBC.
To further prove just how much love is in the air for Paper Lions these days, the band also reached their goal of $10,000 for recording via a crowdfunding website to help them record their forthcoming LP. Said LP is slated for a fall release and features the production work of Howard Redekopp. Redekopp’s impressive portfolio includes producing releases from Tegan & Sarah, Said the Whale, Mother Mother, and more!
With such a strong start to 2012, Paper Lions are chugging forward on stellar momentum, preparing to to release an acoustic EP in June 2012, with supporting East Coast and Ontario dates, including North By Northeast and The Dragonboat Festival!
More about Paper Lions:
Hailing from the unlikely small community of Belfast, Prince Edward Island, brothers John and Rob MacPhee and neighbour Colin Buchanan began playing music together at a very young age in a variety of garage bands. After meeting in high school, David Cyrus MacDonald was recruited and Paper Lions cemented with John and Rob filling the positions of lead vocals and bass respectively, Colin on lead guitar and David on drums.
Eight years and three vans in, with over 1300 shows played, Paper Lions has received 16 ECMA nominations and one win, over twenty PEIMA nominations and four wins, the Touring Artist of the Year award from CAPACOA, a Verge Music Award nomination, and a CBC Radio 3 ‘Bucky’ award nomination. They’ve played Hillside Festival, Virgin Festival, The Warped Tour, Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Evolve Festival and many more. They’ve shared the stage with such varied acts as CAKE, Tokyo Police Club, Hollerado, The Rheostatics, No Joy, Hot Hot Heat and Electric Six. They’ve had their songs featured on primetime television shows, MuchMusic, MTV and AUX, had an iTunes Single of the Week, were finalists in the 2010 John Lennon Songwriting Competition and won the David Suzuki Playlist for the Planet competition.
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WATCH Official Music Video for “Travelling”:
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TOUR DATES
May 19 @ Hunter’s Ale House, CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI (w/ Sandman Viper Command)
June 1 @ Seahorse Tavern, HALIFAX, NS
June 15 @ El Mocambo, TORONTO, ON (**North by Northeast Festival Showcase)
June 22 @ Dragonboat Festival, OTTAWA
June 29 @ Yonge and Dundas Square, TORONTO
July 1 @ Follyfest, GAGETOWN, NB
July 13 @ The Capital, FREDERICTON, NB
July 14 @ Peppers Pub, SAINT JOHN, NB
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