popular music: An Episode of Sparrows | The Paperbacks     popular music:     An Episode of Spar...   An Episode of Sparrows The Paperbacks Pshaw!, 2003 average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image  for more information click here songs.... 1/I Suffer This Like A Dream 2/Who Will Run The Starfish Hospital? 3/If I Make It Through This Winter 4/Local Celebrities 5/Plans In Advance 6/Bridge 7/An Episode Of Sparrows 8/Perpetrators of Art 9/My Landscape Is Not Land 10/Books as Furniture 11/ Raise a Styrofoam Cup 12/ Letters Vs. Numbers 13/Clifton Square Smooth and sincere Don't let the term Indy scares you. There's no emo, no whinning, no crying (Screw you Dashboooooh)in The Paperbacks music. Doug McLean is a talented lyricist, backed up by a great band. You get that Weakerthans vibe here and there, but nothing too evident. You don't feel like you listen to a rip-off band! Not at all. Episode of Sparrows proposes a nice mix between slow and faster songs, depending on the mood you're in. But one thing goes for every single song: Doug really means his lyrics. I heard that he has difficulty about singing other people's music. Maybe it wouldn't be done with as much sincerity. Superb lyrics, sung with a beautiful and sincere voice. A bad point concerning this cd is the recording, which would be called 'average', but I'd have loved a more developped sound. But since it's their first LP released on an indy label, I understand that the high resolution sound can't be got on your first album. Another tiny bad point: some songs go on for too long. Suffer This Like a Dream or Letters Vs Numbers don't deserve 6 mins and more. Maybe they'll grow on me later, and I'll feel them more complete than too long. Anyway, Episode of Sparrowns is pleasant, smooth, sincere...The Paperbacks give a solid and nice debut album. Give it a try. (Go check for songs If I Make It Through This Winter, An Episode Of Sparrows and Plans In Advance).  for more information click here Tracks I Suffer This Like a Dream | Who Will Run the Starfish Hospital? | If I Make It Through This Winter | Local Celebrities | Plans in Advance | Bridge | An Episode of Sparrows | Perpetrators of Art | My Landscape Is Not Land | Books as Furniture | Raise a Styrofoam Cup | Letters vs. Numbers | Clifton Square search for popular music episode of sparrows, episode, sparrows      geepe.com    web randomly chosen software: Microsoft Streets & Trips 2009 (Windows)