Canadian indie rockers Paper Lions have been on a hot streak of late. Last year the band’s 2007 video for “Travelling” suddenly went massively viral and it has opened all kinds of doors for Paper Lions. They now stand poised for a huge mainstream breakthrough and they are most definitely ready as their new set of songs from Full Colour, releasing this April, is jam packed with arena-sized pop nuggets that could easily see some major chart success. Perfectly fittingly, Paper Lions titles their new single “Believer” and fills the tune with soaring harmonies declaring that they “want to believe”. So do we because we still need our pop heroes.
Paper Lions tells PopMatters that “‘Believer’ is the beginning of something new for our band. We knew from the early stages of writing this album that we wanted to communicate something bigger with our music and make a bolder statement than we had in the past. It wasn’t until after writing ‘Believer’ that we felt like we were maybe onto something different. This song helped guide the vision for the entire album. We also wanted to make music that would not only be exciting to listen to, but also exciting to perform and experience live. I think that’s what the music video really helps to capture. A brighter version of who the band has always been.”
Paper Lions‘ Full Colour releases this April via Fountain Pop Records.
