Paper Spaceman

How do you define a band like Paper Spaceman? Well, unless you've got plenty of time on your hands I wouldn't suggest you try…

This group of magpie musicians – six of them in total – all hail from Manchester – but they could as easily have flown in from an acid-soaked day out in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1969.

Playing everything from violin to flute, they've plundered their own amazingly eclectic tastes to come up with a sound that takes the best of the old to create something blindingly, beautifully new.

Combining the melodious charm of the Beach Boys, the psychedelic power of The Doors, with plenty of good, old- fashioned northern soul, funk and punk chucked in for good measure, their music is relentlessly original and heart-breakingly sincere.

The legendary Alan McGee described Paper Spaceman's song 'Shadows' as 'an instant rock and roll classic', he credits singer/songwriter, Ross Everett – the self-styled Paper Spaceman of their name – with having a 'plaintive' voice that can move even his, cynical old soul. High praise indeed.