Paper Bee - Thaw, Freeze, Thaw (2023) Hi-Res

Paper Bee’s influences of verby indie, post-punk, and discordant lo-fi are enlivened by dense layers of sweeping choral harmonies that adorn driving percussion and guitars oscillating from intricate picking to magnificent waves of fuzz. Born originally out of New England, the band has found new footing with its current iteration (ft. mems Ramshackle Glory, Radiator Hospital, Yowler) in Philadelphia, PA. The record presents a story about queer love, heartbreak and belonging, and serves as a final pre-HRT document of songwriter Nick Berger’s soprano voice.

"We recorded most of this at a cabin in rural pa called hinter eche in december of 2020 and then added some bits here and there throughout 2021-22. i did my first shot of testosterone 2 days after we got home from recording. this album is a lot of things for me - its the last documentation of my old singing voice which i loved a lot, a story about love and harm between traumatized trans people, a project that kept me going in 2020, and just some songs that are really fun to play with my friends. i’m pretty sure this is my favorite thing i’ve ever made. I hope you like it too."<3 nick