PAPA - Tender Madness (2013) [FLAC] torrent

PAPA - Tender Madness (2013) [FLAC]

Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: New Wave, Post-Punk, Alternative
Source: WEB
Codec: FLAC
Bit Rate: ~ 900 kbps
Bit Depth: 16
Sampling Rate: 44,100 Hz

01 PAPA
02 Put Me To Work
03 Young Rut
04 Forgotten Days
05 Cotton Candy
06 If The Moon Rises
07 Get Me Through The Night
08 If You're My Girl, Then I'm Your Man
09 Tender Madness
10 Got To Move
11 I Am The Lion King
12 Replacements (Curls In The Grass)

The brainchild of ex-Girls drummer Darren Weiss and longtime friend/multi-instrumentalist Daniel Presant, L.A.-based Papa prefer to go big or go home, and their debut long-player, the appropriately titled Tender Madness, more or less backs that notion up with 12 emotionally charged slabs of Foster the People- and Killers-infused highway anthems, of both the fist-pumping and soul-searching varieties, that flirt with mainstream architecture yet retain enough of a ramshackle, post-slacker luster to appeal to fans of Weiss' previous outfit. This is the E Street Band fronted by “Loser”-era Beck, and big, wide-angle-lens crowd pleasers like "Get Me Through the Night," "Forgotten Days," "Put Me to Work," and "Young Rut" -- the latter two of which found homes in headphones and hearts as heavily circulated singles in the months prior to the album's release -- make strong first impressions. Tender Madness also boasts its fair share of midtempo, suburban R&B jams like the amiable and wry ("I want to hold you, but I feel like a baby) "Cotton Candy," high (as in wasted) and lonesome juke joint laments (“Replacements [Curls in the Grass]”), the latter a duet with country crooner and Secret Sister Lydia Rogers, and evocative slices of 21st century Americana, like the lovely "If the Moon Rises," all of which add up to a surprisingly affecting debut that looks a little redundant on paper, but with an open heart and a slight buzz, knocks it out of the park through a pair of thrift shop speakers.