The live session coincides with the announcement of Paper’s 2019 European tour.
2018 saw LA native Jerry Paper and his infectious brand of oddball, jazz-inflected pop sign to hip-hop institution Stones Throw Records. Following the deal came Paper, real name Lucas Nathan’s first single for the label; the typically warped and idiosyncratic ‘Your Cocoon’.
Now, in keeping with tradition the label have shared a new Dungeon session featuring their recent signee performing his debut single with the LA-based collective. The clip sees the single translated through the full band setup that comprises Paper’s current live shows. Rhodes-style keys, saxophone and vocal harmonies accompanying Nathan’s own crooned inflections bring the song in to lounge and funk territory, whilst the message conveyed in the single’s lyricism still rings clear.
Elaborating on the themes of ‘Your Cocoon’ upon its initial release, Nathan said the following
“On stage and in recordings I embody an exaggerated version of my ‘self,’ pushing it to a limit where I transcend my ego, in an effort to get the audience to shed their ideas of themselves, shed their egos, and be free. Jerry Paper is me at my freest, an ego sacrifice in an attempt to get people to do the same.”
Jerry Paper embarks upon a European tour in February 2019 that includes dates at London’s Waiting Room and Headrow House in Leeds. View his full itinerary here.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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