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Paper Lions

Paper Lions came out of Philadelphia with a sound built on ethereal guitars and Ryan Welliver's lead vocals. Their 2019 debut EP was called 'Bodies in the...

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Paper Lions and their Philadelphia melancholic rock

A Philadelphia band built on ethereal guitars and Ryan Welliver's vocals, with songs that found their audience.

For their sound, 'Lost The War' and 'Stay Here For a While' give you the picture. 'Bodies in the Winter' is where a lot of people found them first.

Their 2019 debut EP 'Bodies in the Winter' gave them a signature song that connected with listeners, and they kept building from there. Songs like 'Lost The War' and 'Stay Here For a While' show their consistent territory of guitar-driven, melancholic rock. They came out of Philadelphia with a specific sound and stuck with it through several releases.

They started with the EP 'Bodies in the Winter' in 2019, then released their first full album 'The Coldest Hour' in 2020. The EP 'A Thousand Winters' came in 2021, followed by the second album 'The Weight of the Past' in 2022. The lineup included Dave Kaplan on guitar, Andrew Nelson on bass, and Michael Hession on drums.

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Paper Lions came out of Philadelphia with a sound built on ethereal guitars and Ryan Welliver's lead vocals. Their 2019 debut EP was called 'Bodies in the Winter,' which also became the title of a signature song that picked up a lot of streams. The band's first full album, 'The Coldest Hour,' followed in 2020.

They put out more music fairly steadily, with the EP 'A Thousand Winters' in 2021 and a second album, 'The Weight of the Past,' in 2022. Songs like 'Lost The War' and 'Stay Here For a While' fit with their general territory of melancholic, guitar-driven rock. The lineup included Dave Kaplan on guitar, Andrew Nelson on bass, and Michael Hession on drums.

In 2020, the group dealt with some public difficulty when a former member faced misconduct allegations that were later dropped.

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